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Bride Who Faked Cancer Indicted

Jessica Vega signs papers as her attorney Jeremiah Flaherty, looks on, at Orange County Court in Goshen, N.Y. earlier today. An Orange County Grand jury has indicted Vega, 25, with grand larceny and scheme to defraud. According to the indictment, Vega accepted thousands of dollars in donated services and goods after claiming in 2010 that she was dying of leukemia. Vega faked cancer to provide money for her dream wedding. Story here. (AP Photo/Times Herald-Record, Tom Bushey)

Question: Have we put so much emphasis on large, dream weddings ("Say Yes to the Dress"), that we've lost all sense of the meaning of the wedding and marriage beyond?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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