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Weddings That Give Back (The Huffington Post) - Weddings these days are often about excess: lavish flowers, designer dresses and expensive party favors that gather dust in car trunks and closets for months after the reception draws to a close.

'Paris of Love' - a photographer's unusual perspective on weddings (EARTHtimes.org) - Paris - The young bride wrote the French word oui (yes) on the palm of her hand just in case she forgot the answer to the most important question of her wedding ceremony. Right before she made her vow she glanced one more time at her palm. Gerard U...

Australian school formals morph into weddings (EARTHtimes.org) - Sydney - An ivory Bentley takes its turn to drop off guests beside the fountain at Sydney's plush bayside Le Montage. Inside is a banquet for 190 people, so over the top that even the chair covers have chair covers with bows of contrasting colours. V...

China’s economy reaps a golden age of weddings (The Malaysian Insider) - BEIJING, Dec 1 — Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said “I do” to each other in the same month that they said “we do” to their real estate agent. China is in the midst of a golden age of weddings, a boon for businesses from photo studios to global platinum miners. Yet nowhere is the economic impact so potentially profound as in the housing market. A flood of newlyweds such as Meng and Fan buying their ...

NY assembly rejects gay marriage (AFP via Yahoo! News) - New York's state assembly on Wednesday rejected by a hefty margin a bill that would legalize same-sex weddings in the latest setback across the country for the gay rights lobby.

Episcopalians to Officiate Gay Weddings (The Advocate) - The Episcopal bishop of eastern Massachusetts gave permission Sunday for priests in the region to officiate at same-sex weddings.

Napa Valley winery weddings reconsidered (The American Canyon Eagle) - Pummeled by the brutal economic climate, Napa Valley wineries are reconsidering a decades-old prohibition on mixing chapel bells and chardonnay.

ACT's same-sex laws under threat again (Sydney Morning Herald) - The ACT's attempt to legalise same-sex weddings is again under threat with the Greens indicating they may not support amended legislation.

ACT's same-sex laws under threat (News Mail) - THE ACT's attempt to legalise same-sex weddings is again under threat with the Greens indicating they may not support amended legislation.

Episcopal role OK’d in gays’ weddings (Boston Globe) - Five years after same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, the local Episcopal bishop yesterday gave permission for priests in Eastern Massachusetts to officiate at same-sex weddings.