Over the weekend, Brian Anstey and Elka Shapiro were married in a ceremony comedienne Kathy Griffin performed.
This "wedding" of the two New Yorkers featured off color jokes and comments by the "minister" as well as a recital of the reception menu by the bride. It was all in good fun, apparently. The happy couple are fans of Griffin's who requested that she officiate their wedding ceremony. In order for the ceremony to be legal, the officiant had to be "ordained" or at least duly authorized by the state of New York to perform the ceremony.
No problem. Griffin had her assistant go online and "Wah-la," within minutes, the comedienne was an ordained minister. There were a few more hurdles to cross with the state, but nevertheless the newly ordained "minister" was duly authorized to tie the knot for the lovely couple.
The couple themselves claim no religion or dogma, instead insisting that the major factor in their relationship is "laughter." How sweet.
Unfortunately, marriage is no laughing matter.
What we are now witnessing is the final blows in a battle to preserve what is sacred and holy in life and American culture. When wedding ceremonies become a dirty joke and when the "minister" gets ordained online in five minutes, we have witnessed the deconstruction of a holy institution.
Griffin, by the way, is also noted and scorned for her willingness to poke fun at Jesus. Apparently nothing is sacred anymore; not even marriage.
I find this "wedding" described as having participants and guests in hysterics is no laughing matter. It is very sad that a wedding ceremony and the marriage it solemnizes is now stripped of any vestige of seriousness. This is more a commentary on American society than it is the Anstey's marriage.
Marriage is now a joke. Pardon me if I just don't get it.
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