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American churches began charging fees for weddings in the 1980s, said the Rev. John A. Mayer, director of City Vision, a consulting firm for about 900 churches. 

Churches usually don’t charge for funerals, although a “recommended honorarium” is usually suggested. Summer Bible schools, too, require a fee. 

Killer Marriage Tips

HT: Denny Burk

Interrogation Continues of Haiti Detainees

Note: This account provides names, ages of all 10 detainees.

“Help us,” one of the detainees, Carla Thompson, said Monday as she lay on a bed in a scorching jail cell about 8 feet by 5 feet, her ankles bandaged from infected mosquito bites. “That’s the message I would give to Mr. Obama and the State Department. Start helping us.”