Even if you don't marry a Jew, you should totally Jew up your wedding, in my opinion. Jews, as you know, are pretty awesome in a lot of ways; their weddings are tops
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but I do like thinking about the rituals the way you describe them.
It's all a bit weird to me because I never learned ANY wedding rituals, so I didn't know that among (episcopalians? all christians? quakers too? who exactly?) both parents were not involved. Are all of these rules written down for christians too?
the procession thing was really awesome for me. the christian ceremony really points up the chattel thing. the groom doesn't process, he waits at the front. the dad "gives the bride away" by processing with her up to the front, kissing her, and then handing her off to the groom. weird and kind of icky when you think about it.
(the only similarly weird thing in jewish ceremonies is the way the bride and possibly her parents circle either the husband or the entire chuppah seven times.. But many contemporary jews who bother to do that at all, usually split the job.)
that's what all mainline christians do, most christians generally, and most ceremonies that have western elements. quakers don't do anything like that. quaker weddings are like quaker meetings. usually more people decide to talk though, subject being the two people getting married. and they also have a wedding contract. my old friend who used to be called scarpia on here, he had that sort of wedding, one of the best ive been to.
Re: Most awesome wedding evah
anonymous
July 8 2009, 22:22:07 UTC
No, I hadn't read that. I read your original post, made my reply, drove around Vermont for a day, then came back to realize I needed to do that stupid capcha thing to actually post. I did that and went to bed while the squirrels carried the post from my B&B to the nearest town to insert them into the internet (well, it's actually a bit slower than that up here). Even up here that Verizon guy has to ask "can you here me now?" over and over. It's no wonder Vermont was constantly out of the loop on that whole thirteen colonies thing.
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but I do like thinking about the rituals the way you describe them.
It's all a bit weird to me because I never learned ANY wedding rituals, so I didn't know that among (episcopalians? all christians? quakers too? who exactly?) both parents were not involved. Are all of these rules written down for christians too?
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the procession thing was really awesome for me. the christian ceremony really points up the chattel thing. the groom doesn't process, he waits at the front. the dad "gives the bride away" by processing with her up to the front, kissing her, and then handing her off to the groom. weird and kind of icky when you think about it.
(the only similarly weird thing in jewish ceremonies is the way the bride and possibly her parents circle either the husband or the entire chuppah seven times.. But many contemporary jews who bother to do that at all, usually split the job.)
that's what all mainline christians do, most christians generally, and most ceremonies that have western elements. quakers don't do anything like that. quaker weddings are like quaker meetings. usually more people decide to talk though, subject being the two people getting married. and they also have a wedding contract. my old friend who used to be called scarpia on here, he had that sort of wedding, one of the best ive been to.
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Not all goys are gauche.
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