Weird News – No takers for contest that requires abstinence

Posted on October 24, 2008
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span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;"The Associated Press/spanbr /br /span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"A contest that would pay $10,000 to an engaged couple, as long as they abstain from premarital sex, hasn't gotten any takers. The deadline for the Marriage for a Lifetime contest is Oct. 31. The prize includes free flowers, invitations and other wedding treats./spanbr /br /span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"So far, organizer Phillippia Faust hasn't gotten any entries./spanbr /br /span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"She said, "In our society it's going to be hard to find" a couple that hasn't had premarital sex./spanbr /br /span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"Faust has orchestrated mock weddings and other pro-marriage activities through her Marriage Appreciation Training Uplifting Relationship Education program, a nonprofit that isn't church-affiliated. The program is implemented through Rockdale Medical Center./span