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Desperate Times...
We're Not Religious, But We Love A Baby Baptism
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We're Not Religious, But We Love A Baby Baptism |
07/24/09
I don't think that baptising illegitimate children is uncommon in the Anglican church (I know plenty of Anglican bastards, including myself, who were baptised), so I don't see how this two-for-one deal does anything new to "effectively giv[e] its blessing to living in sin", as the Daily Mail puts it.
Is it supposed to be an incentive to get people married as in, "Yeah, we'll only baptise your kids if you get married"? Or is it supposed to be an incentive to get people baptising their kids (and thus, in theory, encouraging the growth of the Church) as in, "We'll only marry you if you get your bastard kids baptised"?
I don't think either one applies, because I don't think the Anglican church in the UK is especially hard-line on issues like that. And this is the sort of thing that people could arrange with their priest anyway (Eric Clapton did it, years ago, to cite one famous example), it doesn't need a special programme to make it happen. The whole thing just seems silly and pointless. I don't see the purpose.
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Oh. God damn it.
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On that note, I'm gonna start advertising my "Hatch, Match, Patch" deal. Only this one includes free marital counseling if need be.
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This seems like a good plan, and nice way to have a celebration for the whole family.
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