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Below, a brief report on the Catholic wedding<\/a><\/strong> of Prince Albert (not, it seems, in a can) and Charlene Wittstock.\u00a0 This came a day after their civil ceremony.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ACFlTGgv_p0<\/a>\n

Given what has just happened in New York State with gay marriage, should the church in the United States get out of the marriage racket altogether and instead simply bless, or sacramentalize, already-instituted civil unions?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"