Saturday, February 14, 2009

Vegas in the Middle East

"THEY said "I do". But this time, the wedding ceremony was not blessed by a sheik or a priest in a church or mosque. It was performed in a bar. To protest against laws that do not allow for civil or secular marriages in their country, a group of Lebanese couples decided to tie the knot in mock civil weddings in Gemmayze, a bustling neighbourhood of downtown Beirut."