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Prince William and Kate!\u00a0 I didn\u2019t watch most of the coverage<\/a>, but was able to catch the last part of the wedding this morning.\u00a0 I did get to hear\u00a0Dr. Richard Chartres\u2019 excellent homily<\/a> (that\u2019s sermon to\u00a0you Protestants out there).\u00a0<\/p>\n

I wish them well.\u00a0 Knowing the train wreck that was William\u2019s parents\u2019 marriage, I hope they learn the appropriate\u00a0lessons.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know. Much of the build up, at least for the media, was gloating over the young couple\u2019s glee in tossing out many of those pesky old customs.\u00a0 Especially those religious type things regarding cohabitation.\u00a0 And yes, just from the coverage I saw, the MSM was keen on making sure I saw as many times as possible, the presence of Sir \u2018I\u2019d ban Christianity if I could \u2018 Elton and his, er, significant other.\u00a0 So while billions watched, I got the feeling that some, in the media at least, were hoping to\u00a0convey some subliminal messages about the signs of the times.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

So be it.\u00a0 I enjoyed the spectacle, and in no way hate everything \u2018royal family\u2019, so was able to sit back and wonder what it would be like if England was more like the service itself.\u00a0 But then, it would be nice if the world was that way.\u00a0 I just hope they have many blessings, use their position to reverse England\u2019s descent into post-British oblivion, and enjoy their time upon this sod for the good of one another, and those multitudes who have so little in this world.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"