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  • Brides' fathers banned from giving away daughters

    09/21/2007 9:56:24 AM PDT · by Bushwacker777 · 60 replies · 100+ views
    The Local ^ | Sept. 21 | James Savage
    "A priest in Stockholm has come under fire for not allowing a bride to be walked down the aisle by her father. But church authorities have defended the decision, saying that the tradition is foreign and sexist. The row started when a bride due to marry on Saturday in a church in the Stockholm archipelago asked to be given away by her father. The priest conducting the ceremony refused the bride's request. "These are two equal people, and being given away has never been a Swedish tradition," said Rev Yvonne Hallin, priest in charge of the Church of Sweden parish...