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RUTH TO THE RESCUE: Attending some weddings may break a budget (Detroit Free Press) - The summer wedding season is upon us. Destination weddings have increased 400%!

Some Calif. clerks to refuse all marriage ceremonies to protest gay weddings (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - SAN FRANCISCO - As same-sex couples prepare to wed later this month in California, at least one county clerk in the conservative Central Valley is preparing to sidestep the state high court's legalization of gay marriage by shutting down all marriage ceremonies.

Greek Mayor Charged for Gay Weddings (Gayapolis) - Athens - The mayor of the tiny Dodecannese island of Tilos was charged on Wednesday after conducting Greece's first ever same-sex weddings in defiance of a prosecutor's ban, reports said.

Same-sex weddings to start at 5 p.m. June 16 (San Francisco Chronicle) - Wedding bells will begin ringing for California's same-sex couples at 5 p.m. June 16, state officials said Thursday. And San Francisco city officials are planning to marry large numbers of couples, possibly up to 500 a day, late into the evening and for days...

Greeces first gay weddings defy church state (Christian Today) - Greeces first gay weddings were held on Tuesday when two couples abetted by a sympathetic local mayor defied the threat of criminal charges and the wrath of the Orthodox church to tie the knot on a tiny Aegean island

Budget Weddings (WETM 18 Elmira) - Rising gas prices and the deteriorating economy are causing brides and grooms across the country to scale way back on their celebrations. Local brides say they're cutting costs so they...

Advice for dealing with June heat wave: don’t sweat it (The State) - Brides plan outdoor weddings and extended families gather for picnics in early June, expecting to get the benefit of long, sunny days without the oppressive heat common later in the summer. Oops. The highs have lingered closer to 100 than 90 all week, with more steamy days forecast for the weekend. But South Carolinians won’t let a little August-like heat in early June scuttle their plans. “God ...

Weddings: Splurge or Save (The Ithaca Journal) - NEW YORK — Khris Cochran splurged for her wedding seven years ago. The ceremony was in a rose garden overlooking San Francisco Bay. The cake was made by a star baker featured on the Food Network. The honeymoon was in French Polynesia.

County Clerk avoids questions after decision to stop performing marriage ceremonies (KGET 17 Bakersfield) - The controversy continues after Kern County's Clerk announced weddings will not be performed at the county building as of June 13.

Greece's first gay weddings defy church and state (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Greece's first gay weddings were held on Tuesday when two couples, abetted by a sympathetic local mayor, defied the threat of criminal charges and the wrath of the Orthodox church to tie the knot on a tiny Aegean island.