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• One of my closest friends will be getting married next year, and I am uncomfortable to walk in his wedding, since my wife will not be walking with me. My friend gave me the sense that I am doing a selfish act by not just sacrificing from my end since I will not be required to link my arms/hold hands with whomever I am assigned. I understand that many people would not mind the situation as there may not be anything necessarily sinful/wrong with the situation. However, I am not sure that in every wedding from here on out, I will have to explain myself and why I walked in one wedding and not the other. Therefore, I tried to convince the future groom that I will be in every part of his preparation of getting married and will attend all the functions as the other groomsmen. I just could not walk. I could even be a deacon and really be a part of the wedding. Unfortunately, he really wants me to walk with the other groomsmen as it would mean so much to him.
• Why does not the bride’s father escort his daughter to the Altar as it is in the western Churches?