Posted on 09/21/2007 9:56:24 AM PDT by Bushwacker777
Having been the father of the bride, I can confirm how important it was, not only to me but to my little girl and the new man in her life to benefit from the visible act of approval instinct in my giving her away. Had the officiant prohibitted that part of the service, we would have gone elsewhere (of course, had the officiant been a Lutheran priestess, my head would have exploded and I wouldn’t have been able to give my daughter away either).
I hope you'll excuse my mental picture of Mr. Lucky's daughter dragging his headless corpse down the aisle by his left foot.... ;-)
Why not? Children are chattel.
This is probably an official policy of the ministry which oversees the church.
Yes, but from what I understand, it is very common in Sweden to live together, have children, yet not be officially married. In other words, monogamy has withstood the deChristianization of Sweden.
ARRRRRGH!!! If that country weren’t full of hot, sexy blondes, I would urge the muslim residents to take over! A country that PC is ripe for a takeover.
another beautiful gesture is at the altar, for the father to quietly take his daughter’s hand and place it the grooms hand.
As if to say, “take this daughter of mine to love and cherish as I have all these years.”
Maybe the bride should tell the female minister that her father is gay.
15% is enough to keep things going. Actually, I’m surprised it is that high.
Excellent point!
It was important to my father as well. I was, after all, starting a new family, he was being replaced as the most important man in my life. Even though I was 36 and had been living on my own for years this was a necessary step.
Actually, I’m glad the priest stood up for what her church believes in.
If her church was so loyal to it’s customs and traditions as she claims it is she would never had been ordained.
From the scant information presented I believe she is another man hater. I’m guessing she sees the father giving the bride as “misogyny.”
Actually, The Borg remind me a lot of the conformist, yet arrogant, nature of Swedes.
Give a her a hug for me
kids like her are our only hope to stem the destruction of our culture
nice post...yea I know..it’s humbling
;>)
Giving away the bride by daddy is very big down south and has been as long as I’ve been alive...50
i read yer page...i hope you are well dear
But she didn't do that. She claimed it was foreign and sexist not against her religion.
the word sexist is a relatively new victim word designed to marginalize men and is unlikely to be found in church scripture this side of Unitarian (she was Lutheran)
boy no kidding....hard to believe these same folks had such a potent ancestry once
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