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No place for kids

Jul 18 2008 By Maureen Messent

Maureen Messent

THAT Staffordshire vicar who ordered the happy couple's toddler out of church for causing a disturbance was absolutely spot-on.

There's time and place for children. A church service is offside because they become bored and disruptive.

They are menaces at receptions, too. How many brides who have planned their day down to the last detail have watched in horror as children run riot?

Come to think of it, though, I doubt this particular pair knew of what is acceptable in church and what's not.

Shouldn't they have had the marriage service before they started breeding?

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