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Is there anywhere worse to get married than in a cemetery? We think so.
The officials of Wisconsin Memorial Park cemetery in Brookfield, Wisconsin have decided that it's time to expand their business. With five chapels, a reception hall, and kitchen, they've realized that their facilities are suitable for far more than funerals. In fact, they can't imagine a better place to hold a baptism. Or Bar Mitzvah. Or for that matter, a wedding. A Young Widow On Loss And New Love
Already, several couples have tied the knot amongst Wisconsin Memorial Park's headstones. One bride, who is employed at the cemetary, recently chose to exchange vows with her now-husband at her … Read More
Dating a prisoner might not be such a bad idea.
After checking out ConjugalHarmony.com, a mock online dating site feigning to connect prisoners with those on the outside, we gave the convict-dating phenomenon some closer inspection. The result? There are clearly a bunch of reaons not to date a man behind bars (enforced long-distance relationship, depression at his non-voter status in certain states... him being a CONVICT), but there are also some potential perks. Check them out.
1. If/when he gets out, he'll be an expert at doing laundry.
2. He'll likely have buff prison muscles.
3. He'll never leave his socks on the floor or the toothpaste uncapped.
4. … Read More
She's a lawyer. He's in the Aryan Brotherhood. And he's in jail.
For those who question the maxim, 'love conquers all,' the Los Angeles Times feature, "A Quarter-Century Marriage To A Man Behind Bars," by Joe Mozingo, is a must-read.
Meet Pamela Dowden and her husband, Robert Griffin. The couple married in Folsom State Prison, beneath a guard holding a .30-caliber rifle, after which, the bride drove off the prison grounds to spend her wedding night alone. The best man had recently been snagged by metal detectors hiding knives in his rectum; the groom, an inductee into the prison's racist Aryan Brotherhood gang, wed wearing jeans and a prison-issued … Read More
California's gay marriage has a few new wrinkles.
And then society unraveled? According to the LA Daily News, prison officials are drawing up plans get California's prisons in line with the state's gay marriage law. While no prisoners have decided to test the law, the department of corrections is a forward-thinking outfit and want to be ready for anything.
Presently, the thinking is that the prisoners ought to be able to marry non-inmates not fellow cons. The thought is that inmates could be coerced by a physically superior inmate into getting into a wedding that they want no part of. And can lose some portion of … Read More
