Weirdest Wedding Law

As part of my photoblog overhaul I’m going to introduce regular features. Rather than just showcasing my own work I want to incorporate other things like features on wedding suppliers (caterers, planners, florists etc). Another regular featu

re I’m going to run is Weird Wedding Wednesday. Every Wednesday I will post something that I think is Weird, Quirky, Originaland Interesting (wedding related, obviously!!) If you have seen anything that could fit the bill please drop me an email and I’ll try my best to add it in.

So this week i’m re blogging a article on ‘Weird wedding law’ I saw from my mates at iamstaggered that made me chuckle out loud in a cafe that made the people around me think I was not quite right.

This is what they said,

” World’s Weirdest Wedding Law s

In the office we were discussing how lame all those “weirdest wedding law” articles are and how people who write them for their sites are essentially idiots. To back up our case we had a look at a few weird wedding laws and found them so interesting that we decided to eat humble pie and post them. Sorry. We’re idiots. And lame. For extra fun we’ve made one up – see if you can spot which one it is.

In North Carolina wedding law,

it is illegal by state law to book into a hotel under the illusion that you are a husband and wife when in fact you’re actually filthy deviants. Although interestingly and ironically, a North Carolina wedding law court will immediately annul a marriage in which “the deal isn’t sealed”, otherwise known as a wet blanket of a wedding night.

UK wedding law, any wedding must take place under a fixed roof, ie. A Church. Of course, plenty of folk risk the rain in an outdoor ceremony, but then must attend a civil induction.

Florida wedding law

single, divorced and widowed women can’t parachute on a Sunday afternoon, leaving the skies free for falling for just the married sort. What an incentiveMeanwhile, Floridian women should get all their plate breaking out of their system before they wed their husband, as after marriage, they are legally limited to break only three a day.

Tennesse wedding law - If a marriage in isn’t working out, the man in the equation can espace almost entirely scot-free… assuming he’s happy to leave his ex-beloved with, ’10 pounds of dried beans, 5 pounds of dried apples, a side of meat, and ample yarn to knit herself stockings for a year.’ Nice.

Woking wedding law – you can create a wife out of sponge fingers and other baked goods but if you don’t consume your wife within three days then your cake wife is legally entitled to half your goods.
Kentucky wedding law – it is illegal for a woman to marry the same man more than three times, so you should definitely be sure by then, if you aren’t already.

Los Angeles wedding law, a man is legally obliged to beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is 2 inches wide or less. If he wishes to beat her with anything larger, he must first gain her written consent. This is very important.

Balanta tribe of Africa wedding law – they have the rather maniacal sounding law that states a woman must stay married until her wedding dress has worn out. Fortunately, a clause states that after a month of misery, she is free to rip it up and escape wedlock.

Montana wedding law – you can actually get two friends married on your behalf as part of a sort of ‘wedding by proxy’ scheme.

Bihar state of India wedding law – prospective wealthy grooms can be kidnapped by a poorer bride’s family, and forced into wedlock at gunpoint. For reference, the practice is called Pakdauau Shaadi. Oh, and it’s legal.”

I think Wokings wedding law is my fav, just brilliant. That said, the Balanta tribe of Africa wedding law, i think we could speed that up with the Trash the Dress shoot

Thanks to iamstaggered for the article and Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net for the use of the image

That’s some strange wedding law or what?do you know of any more, let me know and i’ll add it to the weird wedding law blog.