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From: berman@psuvax1.UUCP (Piotr Berman)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: throwing candy
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Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 04:02:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 16 04:02:57 1985
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> 
> I am not an expert on  Christian concepts of sexuality but  I have the
> impression  the honeymoon   started  in Northern   European protestant
> nations  which   took  seriously the    Pauline   notion that   sexual
> intercourse was disgusting.  If sexual intercourse is disgusting, then
> when people get married and theoretically the couple are virgins, they
> will shortly  after the marriage  go out and commit a  disgusting act.
> Better to do this  far away from home so  that no  one  close  to  the
> couple need think  about the disgusting acts  which  the newlyweds are
> committing.

Question.  Why newlywed annouce the place of the honeymoon in the
newspaper ad?  And why they choose nice places (sometimes quite close
to home, like Martha's Wineyard for Boston couples)?