Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are ready to tie the knot however thereâs one thing standing in the way.
People reports that the coupleâs holding off on getting married due to Stefaniâs faith. The pop singer wants a church wedding as a part of her Roman Catholic faith which supposedly âisnât currently possible.â
Shelton and Stefani met on the set of The Voice in 2015 when Stefani joined the show as a judge alongside Shelton. They began dating just after both of them went through divorces. âBlake was very serious about Gwen right from the start, and early on he thought about proposing,â an insider tells People.
Shelton mightâve been ready to propose from the start, but due to Stefaniâs desire to have a church wedding, it hasnât been possible. The Roman Catholic faith does not allow remarriage after divorce unless the earlier marriage is annulled, which can be a lengthy process.
Despite the setback, the couple is still confident theyâve found âthe oneâ in each other and are âvery seriousâ about the relationship. A friend of the couple says, âItâs definitely headed toward marriage.â
âTheyâre all very like-minded and comfortable with each other,â says the friend. âGwen brings this sparkle to the country world. Her love for Blake is clear, and sheâs been embraced by everyone.â
Shelton recently shared that he believes his faith has grown stronger since he started dating Stefani. The country singer credits his girlfriend for helping him regain not only his faith in love but also in God.
"I believe in God now more than I ever have in my life," Shelton told The Tennessean. "The biggest part of that is just how [Stefani] came into my life and now our relationship. It's just too weird. If you take God out of it, it doesn't make sense. If you put God into it, everything that's happened with us makes sense."
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