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struggle4progress

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31. Maybe the cult of the Blessed Saint Elvis of Presley?
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 07:26 PM
Jan 2018
... David and Louise Turpin appeared to have had marriage-renewal ceremonies at least three times, in 2011, 2013 and 2015, at an Elvis Presley-themed chapel in Las Vegas, according to the chapel's YouTube page. One video shows the couple exchanging renewal vows in front of an Elvis impersonator.

Another video showed 10 female children in matching purple plaid dresses walking down the aisle ahead of Louise towards David, who waited anxiously at the altar with two male children in suits.

A third male child dressed in a suit appeared later in the video during various dance performances with the Elvis impersonator and the family.

An Elvis Chapel representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment ...


Siblings Being Treated At Hospital
Reuters | Updated: January 17, 2018 05:33 IST

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Crazy, effing freaks...nt wcmagumba Jan 2018 #1
Not if their beliefs are sincerely held....... brooklynite Jan 2018 #12
So starving and torturing kids is okay with you if the parents sincerely hold that view? Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #15
sigh... brooklynite Jan 2018 #16
Bye Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #18
That is deeply offensive Orrex Jan 2018 #33
When they dress a football stadium-sized brood all alike, Aristus Jan 2018 #2
Religious nuts. Cattledog Jan 2018 #3
There's no pit in hell hot enough for those "religious" parents. Paladin Jan 2018 #4
But we must RESPECT their beliefs, because putative vaporous deity . . . hatrack Jan 2018 #5
I imagine someone, somewhere, in some little cave is arguing that point this instance LanternWaste Jan 2018 #8
Since the parents have been arrested, Californians do not appear to consider struggle4progress Jan 2018 #10
When you have a young baby it's a good time to have a big splash and renew your vows for a 3rd lunasun Jan 2018 #6
Article doesn't say what God they worship. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #7
The man's parents say the couple is Pentecostal but don't belong to a local church struggle4progress Jan 2018 #24
What "God" would allow this? Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #26
Ages 2 to 29. I wonder what the 29 year is like? Ilsa Jan 2018 #9
She is in the picture - the one holding the baby Pachamama Jan 2018 #11
They said a 17 year old escaped, but she looks like a ten year old. nt Ilsa Jan 2018 #13
Bring back the death penalty NCDem777 Jan 2018 #14
Statement from Riverside County Sheriff's Department struggle4progress Jan 2018 #17
... State records show the family home has the same address as Sandcastle Day School, struggle4progress Jan 2018 #19
... During the last school year, the school was listed in state records as a non-religious struggle4progress Jan 2018 #20
... David Turpin's parents .. told ABC News ... their son and daughter-in-law .. are religious struggle4progress Jan 2018 #21
... Elizabeth Jane Flores .. from Tennessee, said she has not seen her sister Louise Anna Turpin struggle4progress Jan 2018 #22
... James and Betty Turpin .. said that their son and daughter-in-law ... practiced struggle4progress Jan 2018 #23
I remember a case here in SC a number of years ago kskiska Jan 2018 #25
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2018 #27
I normally would not refer to the Bible for judicial guidance... MLAA Jan 2018 #28
Quiverfull. nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #29
What possible "religion" condones this?? Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #30
Maybe the cult of the Blessed Saint Elvis of Presley? struggle4progress Jan 2018 #31
Mom and Dad look very well fed to me. secondwind Jan 2018 #32
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