Ready or not, the arranged marriages of 2000 couples say their “I dos” in a mass ceremony located at a stadium in Seoul, Korea (Yahoo News).
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Arranged marriages are nothing new. The mass weddings of members of the Unification Movement, more commonly known as “moonies” began in the 1960s. Brides and grooms arranged in marriage by their parents. Some have known each other for as little as few days.
What is new? The recent weddings are of the first generation to grow up in the Unification Movement church.
The usual controversy surrounds the act of arranged marriages. Although foreign to my way of life and beliefs, the Unification Movement’s method does not seem as barbaric as child brides, giving young women to old men who have multiple wives, or any sale of a person to another person. It is young couples, given into marriage. It seems more inline of how I envision a prearranged marriage. Not that I agree with prearranged marriage. No thank you. I prefer to choose my life partner.
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What is interesting is that millennials are willing to take part in this. It is not forced upon them. It is part of their upbringing. These are college educated, young adults who have come from all over the world to get married to near strangers. That more than anything baffles me. I would never willingly marry any man my mom chose for me. Forget it! I am pretty sure my oldest would have a few choice words for me if I attempted to tell him who he was going to marry.
Well, regardless of how it all came to be, I wish all 2000 couples the very best.
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