{"id":3422,"date":"2007-09-18T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/marryourdaughtercom-is-a-hoax.html"},"modified":"2007-09-18T20:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T20:39:00","slug":"marryourdaughtercom-is-a-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/marryourdaughtercom-is-a-hoax.html","title":{"rendered":"MarryOurDaughter.com is a hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe that people fell for it<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The parents of 15-year-old Rachel M. say that “being married is the only career” their daughter is interested in. They are seeking a man willing to pay $19,995 for her hand in marriage.<\/p>\n

Kristin J., 16, has a wild streak but recently decided “it was time she settled down with a man who could meet her needs and help her fulfill her dreams of being an actor or singer.” Her parents are trying to sell their “fiery” daughter into matrimony for $49,995.<\/p>\n

Or so go the personal ad listings on MarryOurDaughter.com<\/a>, an outrageous Web site that purports to blithely sell underage girls to older husbands for large dowries. The site is a prank. Thank goodness.\n<\/p>\n

But not everyone is in on the joke. The site has gotten 20 million page views in the last two weeks and now elicits around a thousand, mostly angry, emails a day. In the last few days, the site’s “publicity director” has also appeared on at least half a dozen talk radio shows<\/a> around the country, including on Las Vegas (MIX-FM), Houston (KRBE-FM) and Philadelphia (WYSP-FM) and mixed it up with belligerent on-air-personalities and hostile listeners, whom he neglected to let in on the ruse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

People, hardly anything is real on the Internet. Be skeptical until it’s proved true.
\n(BTW, I really am Reformed and a chick. Honest! I wouldn’t lie to you.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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