Marriage contest has hitch: No sex
There seems to be one small problem with a contest that would pay $10,000 to an engaged couple —- they can't be engaged in premarital sex.
How else to explain that in this sinking economy, no one has stepped forward to enter the Marriage for a Lifetime contest?
Did we mention the cash prize? Or the free flowers, the invitations and other bridal goodies?
The Oct. 31 deadline is fast approaching —- but so far, no entries.
"Someone asked me, 'Is anyone going to respond?' " said contest organizer Phillippia Faust, director of an abstinence education program for Rockdale, DeKalb and Newton counties. "In our society, it is going to be hard to find [a couple who has not had premarital sex]. … But the standard is the standard."
Yet in a recent interview, Faust seemed inclined to relax the rules, saying couples engaging in sex can still qualify but they must acknowledge, "The right choice is probably not to have had done it."
She will, however, draw the line at couples living together"If the couple is living together, definitely not, because they are set up for the kill."The contest is only open to couples with at least one of them living in Rockdale, DeKalb or Newton. And there are other strings attached, too. The winning couple must agree to open up the ceremony to the public (up to 100 people) and undergo premarital counseling.
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