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July 8, 2008

Great customer service

Toddler ‘ordered out of wedding’

The Church of England says it is taking a complaint that a couple’s young son was ordered out of their wedding for being noisy “very seriously”.
Relatives of the couple complained to the Diocese of Lichfield after the two-year-old was apparently asked to leave the church in Fenton.
The Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent, the Venerable Godfrey Stone, is carrying out an investigation into the matter.
A spokesman said a report would be prepared before any action was taken.

Splendid. [/Sarcasm]

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  1. I’m wondering about actions one might take.

    Would you require the newlyweds to babysit the two year old for a few nights?

    Would you require the parents to get some parenting lessons (and some lessons in perspective; hardly seems like a diocese-level complaint)?

    Posted by: ZBicyclist | July 8th, 2008 at 7:03 pm | Report this comment
  2. Certainly puts the lie to the theory that marriage is society’s way of encouraging people to have children.

    Posted by: SteveJ | July 8th, 2008 at 11:49 pm | Report this comment
  3. The idea of parenting lessons is ridiculous, two-year olds are unpredictably noisy and that’s something everyone should accept. However, if I was at a ceremony with my child who was being disruptive I wouldn’t hesitate to take them outside.

    Overall I cannot see the issue that has been raised here. There are two mild controversies in my opinion: a) neither of the parents had the wit to take action on their own, having to be asked by someone else instead.
    b)This made the news in any form.

    Posted by: Andrew | July 11th, 2008 at 9:31 pm | Report this comment
  4. Andrew, it’s

    c) the reaction of the Church of England in taking this matter seriously and launching an investigation.

    Really, now. The Anglican community is coming apart at the seams over gap bishops, female bishops, and whether the diocese or the congregation owns the property, and they have time to deal seriously with THIS? That’s the amusing part.

    Posted by: ZBicyclist | July 12th, 2008 at 4:15 am | Report this comment

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