I don't think so, if dealt with in a Christ honoring manner.
When we give our daughters in marriage rather than paying for a big wedding, we can instead set the young couple up with a good DOWRY. Like maybe a serious down payment on a house.
A dowry is money that are given to the young man to hold in trust for his bride. He can use it for anything he needs to in the marriage -- a house, a business to support the wife, but if he breaks the marriage covenant, he owes it back to the bride and her family. Dowries have the double benefit of bringing the young couple less financial stress and seeing that outside of marriage money may be scarce.
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