# Maybe I Shouldn't Be Allowed In A Church

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-shouldnt-be-allowed-in-a-church/83358>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 23, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-shouldnt-be-allowed-in-a-church/83358 "2001-09-23T17:44:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-shouldnt-be-allowed-in-a-church/83358/21 "2001-09-25T02:39:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \*  
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> When they lit the Unity Candle, I thought they should have used sparklers. That would have been pretty. Yeah, there would have been a fire hazard with the froofy Bride’s dress, but think of the _drama_. Will the candle be lit? Or will the Bride go up in a shower of sparks? If anything untoward were to happen, we could toss her into the Baptismal Font.
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Hey-I actually saw this once. The bride burned a nice hole in her veil blowing out the candle. Unfortunately only those in the first rows and the priest actually heard her emphatically say “Sh\*t!” but it was pretty clear she said something like that.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-shouldnt-be-allowed-in-a-church/83358/22 "2001-09-25T03:33:38Z")

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One friends wedding we attended. It was Catholic. I’m an escapee and able to phase out the entire ordeal.

But my husbands friends who were sitting in front of us couldn’t it.

When it came time to Bless The Couple (or whatever it’s called) and the congregation raised their one hand to bless the couple, one friend said, in a rather loud voice,  
“Heil Hitler”

My laughter was the loudest of the two pews of giggling idiots and could easily be heard on the wedding video.

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