7 Year Old Girl Married To Stray Dog

[matcom]

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NEW DELHI --A 7-year-old girl wed a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off the "evil eye" on her and her family in eastern India, a news agency reported Wednesday.

Shivam Munda's upper teeth appeared before her lower teeth -- considered a bad omen by members of the Santhal ethnic group to which she belongs, the Press Trust of India said in a report from Dhanbad, a coal mining town in the eastern state of Bihar.

Kundan Munda, a coal mine worker, said his daughter married the dog only to "remove the evil eye," a superstitious belief that some misfortune could befall her and the family, and that she would be free to marry a man later.

Friends and family participated in three days of traditional ceremonies and festivities that are part of a Santhal tribal marriage, Munda said, according to the report.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/02/22/girl_weds_dog_to_ward_off_evil_eye?mode=PF

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. What is the world coming to?!?

The next thing you know, dogs will want to marry cats.

[LeftyMom]

2. Paging Rick Santorum

I heard the dog is cheating on her with a box turtle, too. ;)

[IA_Seth]

3. Human-Animal Hybrids!

I knew Bush was a smart fella.

[Hugin]

4. Yeeeah! There's hope for me yet!

I'm the only stray dog I know.

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

5. See?! As soon as you let gays marry...

[tarkus]

6. My school's Young Republicans group used that

The Young Democrats were debating them on gay marriage and YR suggested that if a man could marry a man, why couldn't a man marry a four year old or a goat?
One of the more confrontational Young Democrats, not so much interested in formalities and politeness, merely said "That is just stupid." The school found that amusing.