Why does the church not alow outdoor weddings?

[heavenseeker]

Why does the church not alow outdoor wedings?

[cappie]

The Code of Canon law states:

Can. 1115 Marriages are to be celebrated in the parish in which either of the contracting parties has a domicile or a quasi-domicile or a month's residence or, if there is question of vagi, in the parish in which they are actually residing. With the permission of the proper Ordinary or the proper parish priest, marriages may be celebrated elsewhere.

The normal place for a marriage as for all the other sacraments is in a Church to guard the acredness and solemnity of the sacrament. However for a just cause marriages may be celebrated outside a sacred place according to Canon: 1118

§1 A marriage between catholics, or between a catholic party and a baptised non-catholic, is to be celebrated in the parish church. By permission of the local Ordinary or of the parish priest, it may be celebrated in another church or oratory.

§2 [b]The local Ordinary can allow a marriage to be celebrated in another suitable place.[/b]

§3 A marriage between a catholic party and an unbaptised party may be celebrated in a church or in another suitable place.

[Theoketos]

I think to add to Canon Law stated by the Good priest there are two things:

1. It symbolizes that the couple is being married inside the Church by being inside the Church.

2. The Church is the MOST approperiate place for sacraments to occur as it is a sanctuary.