Mad,
How then do you explain jw's who were df'd or marked and shunned for attending a childs or other relatives wedding? Simply sticking your head in the sand and saying it never happened doesn't make it go away. You can pass it off as a few bad elders yet these story resound from all over the world! It does happen. Or there are the silly witnesses that just look like some sort of freaks by standing outside trying to appease both sides. On one hand they did go to the wedding but to appease the jw's they stood outside peaking through doors and/or windows. I hate to break it to jw's but they do not look righteous but rather like some superstitious nut cases.