Posted in Brides, Love and Romance, Marriage, News, Political, Wedding Gowns, Weddings, Women, wedding favors on 11/06/2008 12:23 pm by Karen
What an excellent way to show support for our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan!
If you’re currently on active duty in the military (or your fiance is), you can trade in your fatigues for a beautiful new wedding gown. It’s all thanks to a wonderful program called Brides Across America, an organization that supports military families, and our troops in general, by providing free wedding gowns.
Brides Across America is partnering with bridal shops across the country to sponsor a nationwide giveaway of wedding gowns to military brides. In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11th, participating bridal salons will give away a select amount of wedding gowns on a first-come, first-served basis to qualifying brides.
Here are the requirements:
- Bride must be engaged
- Bride must be on active duty in the military or have a fiance on active duty in either Iraq or Afghanistan
- Military brides must show ID, copy of deployment papers/orders
- Brides do not have to reside in the area where the giveaway is taking place
Appreciation abounds!
As a military couple looking to have a fairy-tale wedding, Brides Across America is doing something to appreciate you. At your wedding, you can do something to appreciate your guests. Thank your guests with a fabulous wedding favor. Whether you’re having a military-style wedding or not, they are a great way to add a personal touch to your special day. I’d have to suggest the Star Bottle Stopper. For a stars-and-stripes theme, it shines! Or maybe a place card holder that could also double as their wedding favor. They’re both useful gifts that are sure to be appreciated.
Mark Your Calendar!
All wedding-gown giveaways are being held on Veteran’s Day, November 11th. Visit the Brides Across America website to find the location near you. For unique wedding favors and accessories, visit My Wedding Favors.
Posted in India, News, Political, Women on 03/17/2008 02:44 pm by admin
Mr. Christopher from the My Wedding Favors blog with some encouraging news. Muslim women in India have been touted by women around the world as the most mistreated and right-denied people on the planet. Having to cover almost every inch of their bodies in public to avoid enticing men, being subservient to their men and forced to do many things that would have American women crying foul.
Well thanks to The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) and the release of what’s called the “Shariat Nikahnama”, things are getting a lot more difficult for Muslim men in India to carry on their male chauvinistic ways towards their wives. The organization established many new divorce laws that create more equality between Muslim men and women. Muslim women now have the right to divorce their husbands if they’re caught having illicit affairs, if he has AIDS and even if she is forced to do unnatural sex acts.
AIMWPLB President Shaista Amber says, “We have framed the new nikahnama strictly in accordance with the tenets of Islam, which clearly prohibit any kind of harassment or oppression of a married woman by her husband.” It also allows for a woman to get a divorce if the husband is denying to grant it. Other ground breaking amendments include the ability to divorce if there has been no sexual relations for a year, if the husband doesn’t provide for the wife and family, if the husband has abandoned her in excess of 4 years, or in the case of any kind of ill treatment or torture.
Basically this is huge progress for Muslim women in India and there’s much more to come. Not to say that the Muslim women will take a stand and take advantage of laws designed to protect them, but at least there are laws now available for those women who say, “Enough is enough”. The new laws have Muslim men shaking in their robes because this changes a once archaic view of marriage and begins to put things in line with the rest of the world. Maybe there is hope on the horizon for equality among the sexes in India after all. The opportunity exists, so hopefully Muslim women will stand strong and take advantage of these new laws afforded to them that have kept them in marital slavery for many generations.
