Weddings: May 2005
Wilbanks Pays Up
May 31, 2005Posted By weddings
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CNN is reporting that Jennifer Wilbanks (the bride from Georgia who ran away shortly before her wedding) has agreed to pay the city of Duluth, Georgia $13,250 to help cover the costs the city incurred searching for her.
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Bride violated on Wedding Night
May 30, 2005Posted By weddingsMore articles on the Weddings topic: Wedding News
This is a very disturbing article, on many levels. News24 has a story about a bride in Pakistan who was gang-raped on her wedding night, with the consent of her husband and in-laws.
This is the result of a tradition in tribal and rural Punjab (an area in Pakistan), where women are married without their consent in compensation for a crime committed by one of their male family members.
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HIV Weddings
May 30, 2005Posted By weddingsMore articles on the Weddings topic: Wedding News
Surfing the web, I came across this article: Wedding addresses HIV stigma, which while brief, got me to thinking about weddings for HIV positive couples. In africa (where this wedding was held), this is a pretty big deal - a significant part of their population suffers from the epidemic. In the U.S. though, I wonder - is it legal for an HIV positive couple to marry?
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Little One's Have Weddings Too
May 27, 2005Posted By weddingsMore articles on the Weddings topic: Wedding News
In a perfectly adorable ceremony, Ashley and Jodie were married. The pre-schoolers held their ceremony in front of their classmates. Their parents were all present and taking photos, while classmates presided over the duties of ringbearer, bridesmaids, groomsmen, ushers, and flower girls. Good fun was had by all at the apple juice reception held shortly after the ceremony (although, just like at the big people weddings, there were one or two guests who had a little too much to drink).
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Scammed on the eve of her Wedding
May 26, 2005Posted By weddingsMore articles on the Weddings topic: Wedding News
Thanks to a Crimestoppers tip, Durham police have arrested a man they believe scammed a bride-to-be on the eve of her wedding cruise.
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Britains First Gay Wedding
May 25, 2005Posted By weddings
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Accross the ocean from our country that was founded on the principles of Freedom and Democracy, our previous oppressors have opened up their laws and their minds to allow for gay weddings. In our free country, we are considering constitutional changes, that would make it impossible for gay people to wed - thereby bypassing the inevitable reversal and dissolutionment of any "preventative measures" our lawmakers put forth because of the fact that such laws (however popular they are in the polls) are against our founding principals.
The first gay wedding in Britain will take place at one minute past midnight on December 21st of 2005. The first couple will, according to "The Independent" be Elaine Cook and Debbie Gaston.
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Wedding Taxes
May 25, 2005Posted By weddingsMore articles on the Weddings topic: Wedding News
In Australia, a disturbing trend is hitting the beaches - taxes on weddings! Several localities have instituted taxes for having weddings performed on the beach, and some even have additional taxes for filming your wedding if it is on the beach!
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Kylie Monogue to Get Engaged to Olivier Martinez
May 23, 2005Posted By weddingsMore articles on the Weddings topic: Wedding News
This is entirely speculation, but Kylie Monogues boyfriend Olivier Martinez has hinted through his mother that he plans on proposing to Kylie Monogue soon.
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