Posted on 12/10/2006 11:00:17 AM PST by DogByte6RER
A Romanian priest wants women to pay a "white-dress fine" if they're not virgins when they marry.
Father Petrica Bratu, 37, says he hopes the fines will stop couples from living in sin.
Couples who had just moved in together would pay about $20 but brides who were pregnant or had children would pay about $120.
The average Romanian salary is about $200 per month.
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One of my buddies got married over the summer and they were both virgins. Most people attributed this to the rush to get married (both 20), but that is a whole another can of worms. With that said most of my friends will not be virgins when they get married. But my now married friends had by far the most stable dating period out of all my friends.
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