[font=Verdana,Arial, Helvetica]Ten couples tied the knot in a group wedding billed as ``Marry Your Baby Daddy Day.''
Each of the couples who married at the House of the Lord Church had been living together for years and had children together.
``The older I get, I see getting married as the way to go,'' said Garfield James, 34, who married Millicent Ellis, 35. ``I want to raise my kids the right way.''
The ceremony was organized by Maryann Reid, author of the book ``Marry Your Baby Daddy,'' who said she was dismayed by what she said were too many single-parent families within the black community.
``Single parenthood is very much accepted as the norm and being married is looked at as unusual,'' she said.
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Each of the couples who married at the House of the Lord Church had been living together for years and had children together.
``The older I get, I see getting married as the way to go,'' said Garfield James, 34, who married Millicent Ellis, 35. ``I want to raise my kids the right way.''
The ceremony was organized by Maryann Reid, author of the book ``Marry Your Baby Daddy,'' who said she was dismayed by what she said were too many single-parent families within the black community.
``Single parenthood is very much accepted as the norm and being married is looked at as unusual,'' she said.
http://www.southflorida.com/news/sfl-930babydaddy
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