{"id":1402,"date":"2008-12-01T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/12\/for-one-couple-the-wait-is-over.html"},"modified":"2008-12-01T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T00:15:00","slug":"for-one-couple-the-wait-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/12\/for-one-couple-the-wait-is-over.html","title":{"rendered":"For one couple, the wait is over"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Since we are in Advent, the season of waiting, how’s this for really<\/i> waiting — a story so incredible, it just has to be true. <\/p>\n

From the Chicago Tribune<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Two abstinence teachers who wed in Chicago experienced their first kiss at the altar. And it was a doozy — a two-minute smooch that drew cheers from about 500 people in the church. <\/p>\n

After a one-year courtship, 28-year-old Melody LaLuz and 30-year-old Claudaniel Fabien tied the knot Saturday, even though they’d never locked lips before that day. <\/p>\n

The couple teach abstinence in Chicago schools and, while dating, practiced what they’d been preaching to their teenage students. <\/p>\n

“No kissing” wasn’t their only rule. They were never alone together in a house. And they watched movies sitting upright on the couch, never lying down. <\/p>\n

Vasti Cruz, a friend of the bride, said people clapped, stomped and cheered during the kiss. <\/p>\n

A honeymoon is planned for the Bahamas. The pair say they have no worries about how they’ll spend it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Photo: the happy couple at their wedding rehearsal Friday. Photo by Charles Cherney.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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