Intergalactic Summit

If she is a true believer, why did not her previous owner release her. Instead choosing to transfer responcibility on to you?

If the holders intent was merely to allow you the chance to release her, which is a possibility. All is well, release her and deal with her as you would with any freeman of Amarr.

If the holder had any other reason to not releasing her, I would have to question your decision to do so this quickly.

Should the transfers intent to have been merely to allow you to release her, I see little harm in two commoners marrying. Should there be a need for you to teach her before she can be released. Admiral Blake's analogy would require some pondering.

My counsel, modest as it may be, is then:
1. Find out why she was transferred to you instead of being released.
2. If she was transferred to you with the intent you would be the one to do so, I suggest you take the previous owner at his word.
3. After releasing her, see that she has meaningful employment that is not directly dependant upon you and give her time to come accustomed to being freeman of Amarr and to being friends with you.
4. After she has become accustomed to being a freeman propose to her and act in accordance to commoner traditions.

If the previous holder did not release her for any other reason than to allow you to be the one to do so. Seek her a teacher instead of attempting to teach her or release her yourself, to avoid even the seeming of any impropriety.

Love, will wait. Even if her release or your wedding take a year or two longer for propriety.

Baron Crow
Wishing you reap the rewards of patience.

Initiate Arcturus,

Everything you need to know was stated by Grand Inquisitor Omel. I highly suggest you follow his advice.

This is completely correct. You cannot have a good marriage with someone who is not a freeperson. Before you can marry, you must find the two of you moved to an equal social standing. Either you need to find a way to have a Holder test her faith and find her ready to be elevated to citizenship, or you must move with her to some other place where neither of your social standings matter, and forever exile yourself. I am enough of a romantic to wish you well either way.

Capsuleers, even Imperial Capsuleers, are able to behave in ways that would be Unacceptable to other members of Society.

While some will merely raise an Eyebrow at your behaviour, the fact that you are a Pilot mitigates this. The Attitude would be "Oh. Those Capsuleers."

If you were Not a capsuleer, then Society would frown Greatly, and there would be a Great Many Problems with the situation.

Perhaps you should ignore social stigma and follow what you desire. I hear the Ammatar Mandate takes in outcasts of both the Empire and the Republic.

Synthia:

Even as a capsuleer, odds are those he knew (or knows) from his life prior to becoming a capsuleer would still frown on the decision. Being a capsuleer doesn't change that society will have its own opinions of our actions, and in many cases it will not actually boil down in such a simple manner as "Those Wacky Capsuleers". How he approaches the matter will have an impact on his relationships with others, for better or for worse.

If he cares for how his peers - both past, present and possibly future - view his actions and decisions, the least he can do is make an honest attempt to follow normal protocols for the situation. It may even provide the girl some benefit as well; if he did not truly see something in her, why would he go to such an effort to do things by the book and within the laws provided, let alone ask for assistance on how he might do so in a public forum?

To Flavius: It's better to try and fail, than to not try at all - that you would do so speaks a lot about your character, and I wish the both of you the best of luck in your attempt.

Being free is awesome.

Why, Tiberious! For a moment there, you sounded as if you were of... two minds... about it.

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all night.

Remember everyone, it is your duty to fight the Sansha Menace. Now quickly, throw one-line arguments at him!

Beards on Gallente are silly.

I am free. Your own understanding "freedom" are colored by own subjective reality. I find my freedom in God and service to The Empire. You find value in material belongings in and of themselves, whereas I see them as a means to an end. Do I enjoy my Coercer? Do I find strength in the thrum of her engines and the steady hum of her capacitor batteries? The answer is yes, however they are nothing but a means for me to advance The Reclaiming, and in doing so, advance my understanding of God and realizing his plan for humanity.

Thus, on this matter, a material one (marriage) I sought council from theologians. In doing so, I maintain my faith and my place within God's plan. Societal pressures are of course a factor in the choices that I make, but my primary guide are The Scriptures. As I have found no passages in The Scripture forbidding my union, and have received guidance from Cardinal Graelyn supporting this from a theological perspective I will proceed accordingly. There are societal and legal guidelines that I must follow, and I will. Leaving The Empire and/or renouncing my faith are both beyond my scope of understanding, and will not occur.