I'd say that he could have kept Padme as a lover, but not a wife. Marriage is a commitment, a formal attachment. It's one of the reasons Catholic priests aren't allowed to marry, they shouldn't be conflicted - because if, f.ex. their child is sick then that will create a conflict if a parishioner is sick and needs to see them. They are married to the job.
And it's interesting that Rose, pretty much instinctively, understands the distinction that the Jedi were probably after. That Finn is wrong to abandon the cause just to save his friend. (And then of course the film goes onto delve into that distinction, and how it all works and how complicated it is.)
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I'd say that he could have kept Padme as a lover, but not a wife. Marriage is a commitment, a formal attachment. It's one of the reasons Catholic priests aren't allowed to marry, they shouldn't be conflicted - because if, f.ex. their child is sick then that will create a conflict if a parishioner is sick and needs to see them. They are married to the job.
And it's interesting that Rose, pretty much instinctively, understands the distinction that the Jedi were probably after. That Finn is wrong to abandon the cause just to save his friend. (And then of course the film goes onto delve into that distinction, and how it all works and how complicated it is.)