Last weekend, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner and journalist Franca Lehfeldt not only got married in a civil registry office on Sylt, but also in a church one – despite leaving the church. Lindner now explained why the church wedding was so important to him.
It was the wedding of the year for many. Last week, Christian Lindner and Franca Lehfeldt got married on the North Sea island of Sylt. After the civil wedding ceremony, the church yes-word followed two days later. Both bride and groom had left the institution years ago. For some, therefore, a ceremony before God was an excitement. Now Christian Lindner explains his decision.
After the criticism of a church wedding, the federal chairman of the FDP took a position on his wedding in an interview with the Christian magazine “chrismon”. “There is something more that points beyond both of us and our life together. It was important to me to think about that in a service and to receive the blessing,” says the native of Wuppertal. In addition, according to Lindner, he swore his oath of office to God last year. After leaving the Catholic Church at the age of 18, the 43-year-old says he is now considering supporting the institution again. If so, then in the Protestant faith community.
While the wedding party around Lindner and Lehfeldt celebrated the couple’s yes word in a lavish party in the Sylter Zanzibar, the politician went back to the daily form just two days after his dream wedding. The Federal Minister of Finance reports on his Instagram account about appointments and events that he attends. Franca Lehfeldt has not yet commented on her fairytale wedding. The 33-year-old will soon be starting her first job as a new wife – after all, she is a successful journalist.
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