Photo of Marine and his bride praying before wedding goes viral

[enhanced_deficit]

Is America starting to go back to old fashioned values that prohibit pre-marital interactions?

Photo of Marine and his bride praying before wedding goes viral



http://dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Bre-and-Josh-Curtas-e1371237837697.jpg (http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/14/photo-of-marine-and-his-bride-praying-before-wedding-goes-viral-photo/bre-and-josh-curtas/)

In the photo, Bre and Josh Curtas are seen holding hands from around a corner so that the groom cannot see the bride.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/14/photo-of-marine-and-his-bride-praying-before-wedding-goes-viral-photo/ (http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/14/photo-of-marine-and-his-bride-praying-before-wedding-goes-viral-photo/#ixzz2WKiKHH3H)

[AngryCanadian]

Poor Marine whom decided that an marine cant see his own dam wive? and judging from his facial expressions he has seen a lot trauma.

[tod evans]

Poor Marine whom decided that an marine cant see his own dam wive?

It appears as though the engaged couple made the decision of their own free will.

Best of luck to them!

[LibertyEagle]

Going back to old fashioned values? Sounds like a good thing to me.

[MelissaWV]

Poor Marine whom decided that an marine cant see his own dam wive? and judging from his facial expressions he has seen a lot trauma.

It's traditionally bad luck to see the bride... IN HER WEDDING GOWN... before the wedding. It's not that they've never seen each other before.

They were praying for some wonderful things, if you read the article. If it works to reaffirm their reasons for getting married, and if they remember those reasons throughout the marriage, it ups their chances (though nothing is 100% for certain).

[Origanalist]

It's traditionally bad luck to see the bride... IN HER WEDDING GOWN... before the wedding. It's not that they've never seen each other before.

They were praying for some wonderful things, if you read the article. If it works to reaffirm their reasons for getting married, and if they remember those reasons throughout the marriage, it ups their chances (though nothing is 100% for certain).

I'm assuming that's pretty much spot on.

[cajuncocoa]

Poor Marine whom decided that an marine cant see his own dam wive? and judging from his facial expressions he has seen a lot trauma.
He's praying.

[Nirvikalpa]

With our hands clenched tightly to one another together we said “Amen”, both with shaky voice and just like that I was whisked away to blot the tears off my face and put on my veil.

Her veil's already on in the photo.

I'm calling bullshit. Why? It combines a whole buncha christian bullshit with a whole lotta patriotic bullshit. 'Merika.

[MelissaWV]

Her veil's already on in the photo.

I'm calling bullshit. Why? It combines a whole buncha christian bullshit with a whole lotta patriotic bullshit. 'Merika.

Or they could mean to put it on over her face... which is the traditional thing right before walking down the aisle.

[Nirvikalpa]

Until they come out with a better source than tumblr... still calling BS.

I remember the Boston bombing fiancee that was murdered as her fiance was running in the race and planning to propose to her at the end of it...

except it didn't happen like that. The two were absolute strangers. But boy did the story spread quickly.

[Origanalist]

Or they could mean to put it on over her face... which is the traditional thing right before walking down the aisle.

Again...this^^^^^^^

[Origanalist]

Until they come out with a better source than tumblr... still calling BS.

I remember the Boston bombing fiancee that was murdered as her fiance was running in the race and planning to propose to her at the end of it...

except it didn't happen like that. The two were absolute strangers. But boy did the story spread quickly.

I don't think those two are strangers. Why the hostility?

[enhanced_deficit]

Going back to old fashioned values? Sounds like a good thing to me.

That depends, how far back we are going.

No contact between genders, only hand touch, only necking, necking &petting or all out romantic dating/mating activities will be allowed or not. At a bare minimum, multiple face to face dinner conversations with future bride are needed these days imo and then throw in some long walks with that.



It's traditionally bad luck to see the bride... IN HER WEDDING GOWN... before the wedding. It's not that they've never seen each other before.

They were praying for some wonderful things, if you read the article. If it works to reaffirm their reasons for getting married, and if they remember those reasons throughout the marriage, it ups their chances (though nothing is 100% for certain).

If this was just wedding-gown ritual and not an all out traditional modesty thing without pre marital necking petting etc, then I've been tricked by quick reading of news.

[Nirvikalpa]

I don't think those two are strangers. Why the hostility?

No hostility, I just don't trust anything that's on the internet, especially tumblr, and especially things that are meant to appeal to emotions such as a story like that. I'd rather something was confirmed and believable.

It's like listing wiki as a source on a dissertation...

[Origanalist]

No hostility, I just don't trust anything that's on the internet, especially tumblr, and especially things that are meant to appeal to emotions such as a story like that. I'd rather something was confirmed and believable.

It's like listing wiki as a source on a dissertation...

Found on tumblr;

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnu5dek4Eg1qhekdk.gif

[FrankRep]

Intimate photo of Virginia couple holding hands around corner on wedding day goes viral (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sweet-photo-couple-quietly-holding-hands-wedding-viral-article-1.1370807)


Awww. How cute.


http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1370806.1371071142!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/wedding12n-1-web.jpg


A sweet photo of a bride and groom moments before they walk down the aisle has gone viral. The groom is sitting around the corner to uphold tradition of not seeing the bride before she walks down the aisle.



A couple in love managed to steal a few moments of stillness during the frantic hours before their wedding.

That quiet and intimate moment struck a chord with thousands online, gathering more than 65,000 “likes” on Facebook.

Bre Curtas, 23, and her bridesmaids were fussing over last-minute details in her dressing room when Curtas’ future mother-in-law walked in with a message.

“Sweetheart, your groom has called for you,” she said (http://thepowerofprayer.tumblr.com/post/40525128644/powerofprayer).

At first, Curtas didn’t want to go — she still had so much to do. She was worried about her hair, her dress, her makeup. The bride's heart fluttered as her mother-in-law pulled her to a corner where her groom, Josh, was waiting — what could he want?


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http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1370802.1371071131!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/wedding12n-5-web.jpg

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[MelissaWV]

No hostility, I just don't trust anything that's on the internet, especially tumblr, and especially things that are meant to appeal to emotions such as a story like that. I'd rather something was confirmed and believable.

It's like listing wiki as a source on a dissertation...

http://kdburkephotography.com/

They made up the photography studio in the article?

[Neil Desmond]

Are they supporters of Ron Paul or this movement?

[Origanalist]

That depends, how far back we are going.

No contact between genders, only hand touch, only necking, necking &petting or all out romantic dating/mating activities will be allowed or not. At a bare minimum, multiple face to face dinner conversations with future bride are needed these days imo and then throw in some long walks with that.




If this was just wedding-gown ritual and not an all out traditional modesty thing without pre marital necking petting etc, then I've been tricked by quick reading of news.

I guess that's pretty much their decision.

[Reason]

Epic fail.

Hope she doesn't become a single mom.

Hope they don't abuse their children via PTSD.

[enhanced_deficit]

I guess that's pretty much their decision.

Yes absolutely.

[QuickZ06]

That man is going to possibly lay down his life...for us. His bride...is willing to make a commitment to him...and our country. Pretty cool... isn't that what makes our country so strong ? We cannot be destroyed because of people like this.

What the hell are people talking about in the comment section? Damn the media can play with the human emotions so easily. So the 50% that can stay married are keeping us strong? And we cannot be destroyed because of this, wtf?

[MelissaWV]

What the hell are people talking about in the comment section? Damn the media can play with the human emotions so easily. So the 50% that can stay married are keeping us strong? And we cannot be destroyed because of this, wtf?

Ah but everything would be destroyed if they were both male or both female *troll*

[QuickZ06]

Ah but everything would be destroyed if they were both male or both female *troll*

Who knows maybe they will have better luck at it.

[Anti Federalist]

Here ya go, progress.

What a great leap forward, where patriarchal, gender centric, rape against an innocent wymyn is no longer tolerated and healthy progressive values embraced which replace and supplant the stale, oppressive, outdated "normal".

http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/gty_gay_marine_life_kiss_nt_120227_wblog.jpg

[MelissaWV]

Here ya go, progress.

What a great leap forward, where patriarchal, gender centric, rape against an innocent wymyn is no longer tolerated and healthy progressive values embraced which replace and supplant the stale, oppressive, outdated "normal".



Pretty sure the military has been peppered with homosexuals since the very beginning, but I am going to take a huge leap here and presume that, if you zoomed out, there were not dozens of gay reunions going on. There's the cliché woman with her kiddos --- one of which the returning soldier has never met --- way more often. I'd rather just not care about this, and go more for no more homecomings in uniform, because we're not all over the damned globe.

[Anti Federalist]

Pretty sure the military has been peppered with homosexuals since the very beginning, but I am going to take a huge leap here and presume that, if you zoomed out, there were not dozens of gay reunions going on. There's the cliché woman with her kiddos --- one of which the returning soldier has never met --- way more often. I'd rather just not care about this, and go more for no more homecomings in uniform, because we're not all over the damned globe.

You'll get no argument from me on that.

[QuickZ06]

Here ya go, progress.

What a great leap forward, where patriarchal, gender centric, rape against an innocent wymyn is no longer tolerated and healthy progressive values embraced which replace and supplant the stale, oppressive, outdated "normal".

http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/gty_gay_marine_life_kiss_nt_120227_wblog.jpg

The new progress? Seems the military folks been at it for some time......

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8202/8xfz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/8xfz.jpg/)

[Anti Federalist]

Sparta!!!


The new progress? Seems the military folks been at it for some time......

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8202/8xfz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/8xfz.jpg/)

[Origanalist]

Sparta!!!

Greece.

[Anti Federalist]

Greece.

http://hellkid5.webs.com/photos/Creepy/this-is-sparta.jpg

[NationalAnarchist]

The picture does remind me of an old fashioned picture from the early 20th century...I don't agree with religion but the picture is quite awesome IMO...it just shows something I don't know...normal? Sane? I am not sure but its nice to see.

[Henry Rogue]

The picture does remind me of an old fashioned picture from the early 20th century...I don't agree with religion but the picture is quite awesome IMO...it just shows something I don't know...normal? Sane? I am not sure but its nice to see. Hope for their future I think. I'm not superstitious, so if I had seen my wife in her wedding dress before we were married it would not have bothered me. Whether do to superstition or tradition, she did not feel the same way so I obliged her request.

[Origanalist]

:confused:...:D


http://hellkid5.webs.com/photos/Creepy/this-is-sparta.jpg


The picture does remind me of an old fashioned picture from the early 20th century...I don't agree with religion but the picture is quite awesome IMO...it just shows something I don't know...normal? Sane? I am not sure but its nice to see.

[green73]

How sacrilegious.

[Origanalist]

Greece.

[bolil]

Seems like a nice place to plug the work of Thucydides.

"The goodness of the land favoured the aggrandizement of particular individuals, and thus created faction which proved a fertile source of ruin."

Free kindle version:
Thucydides (2004-12-01). The History of the Peloponnesian War (p. 5). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition.

[Anti Federalist]

Greece.

How do your separate the men from the boys in Greece?

With a crowbar!

Wocka wocka wocka...I'll be here here all night.

[Origanalist]

How do your separate the men from the boys in Greece?

With a crowbar!

Wocka wocka wocka...I'll be here here all night.

Hey, I found that site too!

Did you hear about the Greek who left home because he didn't like the way he was reared?
He went back because he couldn't leave his brothers behind....

[Pericles]

Seems like a nice place to plug the work of Thucydides.

"The goodness of the land favoured the aggrandizement of particular individuals, and thus created faction which proved a fertile source of ruin."

Free kindle version:
Thucydides (2004-12-01). The History of the Peloponnesian War (p. 5). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles160512.html)
Pericles (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles160512.html)

[bolil]

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles160512.html)
Pericles (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles160512.html)

Oh yes, it is, and "... the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller towns to subjection.

Thucydides (2004-12-01). The History of the Peloponnesian War (p. 7). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition.


Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice; moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness; ability to see all sides of a question, inaptness to act on any.

Thucydides (2004-12-01). The History of the Peloponnesian War (p. 112). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition.

[Anti Federalist]

Hey, I found that site too!

Did you hear about the Greek who left home because he didn't like the way he was reared?
He went back because he couldn't leave his brothers behind....

LMAO!

Wait...site?

[V3n]

Let's ignore the fact that this guy volunteered to kill people prior to marrying this woman (knowing he could be made to leave this country and leave her a widow at a moment's notice, and ... Let's change the subject into bashing homosexuals. Brilliant!!

SPARTAAAA!!!! AMIRITE!!!! LULZ!!!!!

[Ranger29860]

Poor Marine whom decided that an marine cant see his own dam wive? and judging from his facial expressions he has seen a lot trauma.

Unless he has chosen not to wear them he has not deployed.He has no campaign ribbons. So I doubt he has seen to much trauma :P.

[FrankRep]

Let's ignore the fact that this guy volunteered to kill people prior to marrying this woman (knowing he could be made to leave this country and leave her a widow at a moment's notice, and ... Let's change the subject into bashing homosexuals. Brilliant!!

Was Ron Paul in the Military? (Yes)

What were you saying again?

[LibertyEagle]

The picture does remind me of an old fashioned picture from the early 20th century...I don't agree with religion but the picture is quite awesome IMO...it just shows something I don't know...normal? Sane? I am not sure but its nice to see.

Why is it "nice to see"?

[LibertyEagle]

The new progress? Seems the military folks been at it for some time......

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8202/8xfz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/8xfz.jpg/)

Uh, I don't believe they had cameras back then. But, nice try.

[Cutlerzzz]

I thought it was still standard for the bride and groom not to see each other.

[QuickZ06]

Uh, I don't believe they had cameras back then. But, nice try.

Haha omfg you get me every time. Your materiel is great.

[puppetmaster]

Her veil's already on in the photo.

I'm calling bullshit. Why? It combines a whole buncha christian bullshit with a whole lotta patriotic bullshit. 'Merika.
Yeah I agree the symbolism here is so predictable

[Barrex]

Is it me or is Nirvikalpa most insulting oriented admin that ever roamed prairies of internetz...interesting conclusion especially for someone who portraits itself as "scientist"... "it is BS because I have no evidence"

I am calling fake science.

[NationalAnarchist]

Why is it "nice to see"?
Takes ya back to the old days,just the way things used to be when it wasn't so complicated...I don't read much into the photo like some are doing. I see 2 people who are fixing to be married who respect tradition...its just heart warming.

[Neil Desmond]

Is it me or is Nirvikalpa most insulting oriented admin that ever roamed prairies of internetz...interesting conclusion especially for someone who portraits itself as "scientist"... "it is BS because I have no evidence"

I am calling fake science.
A competent scientist utilizes skepticism.

I myself don't doubt that they're a real wedding couple, he's a real Marine, etc., but whenever I see someone claim that something went viral, I do wonder what they mean by viral and how did they determine that it did. Going viral's a vague term - they're probably thinking somewhere along the lines of "aww isn't this a cute pic - let's just tell people that it went viral because we like it."

[V3n]

Was Ron Paul in the Military? (Yes)

What were you saying again?

He was an Air Force doctor. A healer, not a volunteer killer.

And he didn't have much of a choice (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?270160-Was-Ron-Paul-drafted-when-he-was-in-the-Air-Force&p=3001420&viewfull=1#post3001420).

I'm really not interested in this aspect of the conversation, my point was about how the thread had deteriorated into jokes 14-year-olds would make about homosexuality. I'm really over that part of the conversation too..

[Antischism]

I don't like this AMURR'CA, RAH-RAH-RAH! KILL PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF GOD, DEFEND COUNTRY, APPEAL TO EMOTIONS, YEAH! bullshit. This long-running stigma of self-righteous garbage needs to end. Why would your supposed 'God' bless your marriage when you're going out to kill people in other countries in his name? The stupidity is astounding.

[tod evans]

I don't like this AMURR'CA, RAH-RAH-RAH! KILL PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF GOD, DEFEND COUNTRY, APPEAL TO EMOTIONS, YEAH! bullshit. This long-running stigma of self-righteous garbage needs to end. Why would your supposed 'God' bless your marriage when you're going out to kill people in other countries in his name? The stupidity is astounding.

Umm,

I haven't heard that "The Church" is waging war.

Nor have I heard that Christians run the military.

Best I recollect it's the heartless bastards in government waging war and ordering people killed.

But if you feel better chastising some newlyweds for saying a prayer that's certainly your prerogative..

[angelatc]

Yeah I agree the symbolism here is so predictable


Uhm, it's a picture that a wedding photographer took. Their job description might as well read "capturing predictable symbolism for wedding participants on their special day."

And what makes this an excellent picture is that it captured several aspects of American symbolism in an entirely non-conventional manner.

[Nirvikalpa]

Is it me or is Nirvikalpa most insulting oriented admin that ever roamed prairies of internetz...interesting conclusion especially for someone who portraits itself as "scientist"... "it is BS because I have no evidence"

I am calling fake science.

Well since everything they say on the internetz is true, then I guess I am the most insulting moderator that ever roamed the prairies of the internetz. In truth it's more like the other way around, but hey whatever.

There is no evidence. We have a tumblr, which anyone can make free in 3 seconds, upload a photo, and write a blog to go along with it. We also have a photographer who claims they took the photo. The two are not linked (the STORY of the photo and the photo/photographer) from what I could gather from my small amount of research (as I really couldn't give a shit less because this story doesn't appeal to me at all).

But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say the tumblr is real. Then does that mean the story is exactly real, and that all parts happened exactly as written? No. It's sensationalized.

Apparently it takes a brain surgeon to figure that one out.

[MelissaWV]

It's the front page of the wedding photographer's website.

This really isn't the only member of the military having a religious wedding out there in June (the traditionally popular month for weddings). It just happens to be a really nice photo with a nice backstory. There was another photo everywhere last month (?) of a bride whose wedding plans were ruined by one of the massive tornadoes. There was another one of a bride whose main photo series was done of her and her wedding party running from a giant TRex. There are a crapload of inspiring, silly, and generally weird wedding-related stories every June.

As for him being a "trained killer," we have many people on this board who are ex- or current military. This may shock you but the same excuses you make for Dr. Paul's service often apply. Not everyone is over there hacking up innocents and kicking puppies. The military, historically, has been a major donor to Dr. Paul's campaigns as well.

The hostility is just sad :(

[MelissaWV]

http://www.buyonmagazine.com/sites/default/files/field/image/solar-eclipse-ring.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/11/article-2339669-1A435C45000005DC-366_964x641.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gNz5d2s.jpg

Well go on. Get upset.

[Origanalist]

http://www.buyonmagazine.com/sites/default/files/field/image/solar-eclipse-ring.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/11/article-2339669-1A435C45000005DC-366_964x641.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gNz5d2s.jpg

Well go on. Get upset.

This might be more appropriate...

http://www.balettie.com/texas/TRex_weddingphoto_peeingmule.jpg

[angelatc]

Well since everything they say on the internetz is true, then I guess I am the most insulting moderator that ever roamed the prairies of the internetz. In truth it's more like the other way around, but hey whatever.

There is no evidence. We have a tumblr, which anyone can make free in 3 seconds, upload a photo, and write a blog to go along with it. We also have a photographer who claims they took the photo. The two are not linked (the STORY of the photo and the photo/photographer) from what I could gather from my small amount of research (as I really couldn't give a shit less because this story doesn't appeal to me at all).

But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say the tumblr is real. Then does that mean the story is exactly real, and that all parts happened exactly as written? No. It's sensationalized.

Apparently it takes a brain surgeon to figure that one out.

According to TDC, the TUMBLR came around after the picture went viral.

[Nirvikalpa]

It's the front page of the wedding photographer's website.

This really isn't the only member of the military having a religious wedding out there in June (the traditionally popular month for weddings). It just happens to be a really nice photo with a nice backstory. There was another photo everywhere last month (?) of a bride whose wedding plans were ruined by one of the massive tornadoes. There was another one of a bride whose main photo series was done of her and her wedding party running from a giant TRex. There are a crapload of inspiring, silly, and generally weird wedding-related stories every June.

As for him being a "trained killer," we have many people on this board who are ex- or current military. This may shock you but the same excuses you make for Dr. Paul's service often apply. Not everyone is over there hacking up innocents and kicking puppies. The military, historically, has been a major donor to Dr. Paul's campaigns as well.

The hostility is just sad :(

Is anyone saying the photograph is photoshopped? No. I admitted a photographer came out and said they took the photograph, but what at all bearing does that have with what is posted on the tumblr blog? The "nice backstory" isn't necessarily true. And for the record, it would be nice if it was.

[James Madison]

The cynic in me wants to make a snide remark, but the romantic in me seems to be winning out. This is most unusual...

[Ender]

Well since everything they say on the internetz is true, then I guess I am the most insulting moderator that ever roamed the prairies of the internetz. In truth it's more like the other way around, but hey whatever.

There is no evidence. We have a tumblr, which anyone can make free in 3 seconds, upload a photo, and write a blog to go along with it. We also have a photographer who claims they took the photo. The two are not linked (the STORY of the photo and the photo/photographer) from what I could gather from my small amount of research (as I really couldn't give a shit less because this story doesn't appeal to me at all).

But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say the tumblr is real. Then does that mean the story is exactly real, and that all parts happened exactly as written? No. It's sensationalized.

Apparently it takes a brain surgeon to figure that one out.

Don't get out much? Need a little excitement in your life?

Must be some reason that this has become such a big deal to you.

[fisharmor]

Must be some reason that this has become such a big deal to you.
I'm also having a pretty negative reaction to it, I'm about 1.5 bottles of wine into the evening so I can't say why, but Nirv. summed it up pretty adequately if not precisely: it's mixing up a bunch of Christian bullshit with a bunch of patriotic bullshit.

[matt0611]

lol why is there so much negative energy and cynicism in this thread? geeez

[I<3Liberty]

This is all over Pinterest (see http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=praying%20together%20before%20wedding .) Praying together before the wedding is a more traditional element some people do just like throwing the flowers to the crowd or carrying the bride over the threshold. It's all personal taste. Some like their wedding traditional or with all the cutesy mushy romantic things. Others roll their eyes and think it's cheesy.

[ronpaulfollower999]

I saw the pic on Facebook sometime ago (few weeks?).

Didn't get the big deal then, and still don't.

[Debbie Downer]

I saw the pic on Facebook sometime ago (few weeks?).

Didn't get the big deal then, and still don't.

It brought tears to my eyes, especially reading this:


“My husband prayed that God would bless our marriage, that through thick or thin together we would never lose hope in one another,” she wrote. “That instead of focusing on each others imperfections we would always rely on Christ’s perfection.”

[PaulConventionWV]

Poor Marine whom decided that an marine cant see his own dam wive? and judging from his facial expressions he has seen a lot trauma.

Are you a professional face reader or something because I don't see how you can get that from his facial expression in one photo. Also, that first sentence was incoherent.

[Mani]

Glad to see this couple had a DRONE FREE wedding.



Too bad not all Weddings share the same fate....

[Ender]

I'm also having a pretty negative reaction to it, I'm about 1.5 bottles of wine into the evening so I can't say why, but Nirv. summed it up pretty adequately if not precisely: it's mixing up a bunch of Christian bullshit with a bunch of patriotic bullshit.

So what?

It's their business- ain't nobody else's.

[idiom]

'Unfortunately, the notion of marriage which prevails ... at the present time ... regards the institution as simply a convenient arrangement or formal contract ... This disregard of the sanctity of marriage and contempt for its restrictions is one of the most alarming tendencies of the present age.' --John Harvey Kellogg, Ladies' guide in health and disease (1883)

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_pace_of_modern_life.png

[jmdrake]

I fail to see what the hubub is about one way or the other. I don't see why it went viral nor why anyone things it was staged. I mean yeah it was "staged" like any wedding day photo, but I don't think it was for any "patriotic - pro Christian propaganda" reason. So a heterosexual couple prays before a wedding and one happens to be in the marines. What's the big deal? :confused: