From the monthly archives:

November 2006

South Africa approves gay marriage

November 29, 2006

South Africa is making good on its promise to banish discrimination. They have legalized gay marriage, and it seems there are plenty of couples who are interested in taking vows. New Jersey legislators are currently under orders to wrestle with how to balance the rights of same-sex couples under the law, although last I read [...]

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Intimate weddings are also memorable

November 25, 2006

Tara and Rich are married. They held the most intimate of ceremonies in their living room with two close friends and celebrated afterward. In all the planning and whirlwind of reception locations and flowers and favors and parasols, sometimes the meaning of the day seems to take a backseat to the presentation of the day. [...]

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TomKat “party” a vow renewal

November 20, 2006

So, speculation about Tom and Katie’s legality of vows is over. As it turns out, they were already married before all this began. Last week, Tom and Katie got married in a civil ceremony in Los Angeles because the Catholic church wouldn’t allow what they wanted–a Scientology wedding. Although some articles are derided what they [...]

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TomKat vows discussed in New York Times

November 14, 2006

So, the New York Times has analyzed the possible Scientology vows for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. I have to say, these are not the kind of vows I would think to write for anyone. Certainly, if this is what someone wanted, I could do it, but…. it seems a bit depressing for a wedding [...]

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Bridal Industry Helps Military Brides-to-be

November 11, 2006

Four years ago, my husband and I moved our wedding from July to January because the Army deployed him to the Persian Gulf. In four days, my mother convinced vendors to help us, and we had a two-tiered wedding cake, catering for 20, and a second wedding dress (the first one couldn’t be altered in [...]

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TomKat Ceremony Woes

November 10, 2006

It seems Mr. and hope-to-be-Mrs. Cruise didn’t consider some of the logistics of remarriage and destination weddings. Cruise had planned a Catholic ceremony, but it seems that since he intends to have a Scientology ceremony the next day, the Catholic Church isn’t interested. He hasn’t done the paperwork for a valid civil ceremony, either. While [...]

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Japanese “Fake” Weddings…

November 9, 2006

That the Japanese love American culture is not news. That they are paying a lot of money for Americans to pretend to be priests so they can have Western-style weddings is. It seems the youth of Japan would rather have a lavish, Christian-style wedding and fill out civil paperwork than have a traditional Shinto ceremony. [...]

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War Brides Renew Vows

November 6, 2006

Sixty years later, 18 couples who married during World War II renewed their vows after taking the war-bride train that picked them up and brought them back to where their journey into Canada began. The brides immigrated to Canada from Britain and Europe after marrying Canadian soldiers. Now, six decades later, they renewed their vows [...]

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Halloween Weddings

November 2, 2006

Once again this year, brides and grooms took a moment from taking their wedding seriously to throw a serious party. Several years ago, Six Flags Great Adventure held a “Hallo-wedding” on Friday, October 13. Over a dozen couples took part in the festivities, complete with scary, costumed honor attendants. The mayor of Jackson Township officiated [...]

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