Does this mean the act of handing over a ring makes someone married? If I slip a ring on your finger before you realize what’s going on, are we married? No, clearly not. Does the act of being baptized in and of itself make someone a Christian? If someone falls into the baptistery (it happens) or gets splashed with water from the font, is he or she thereby united to Christ? No, clearly not. The exchanging of rings makes a marriage only in the context of a wedding ceremony in which vows are freely