Actress/hollow-eyed zombie Katie Holmes's Catholic parents are said to be miffed about Katie and fiance Tom Cruise's plans to have a Scientology wedding instead of a Catholic one - so miffed that they may skip out on the ceremony altogether.The old guilt-trip - also known as Catholic brainwashing. Which is different than Scientology brainwashing. And apparently not as powerful.
By the way, I just did a little looking into the whole Scientology marriage thing, and let me tell you - this is some fucked up shit (even more than regular Christian wedding stuff). People who marry each other, for instance, are encouraged to submit to counseling, in which they're subjected to testing by something called the "Hubbard Electro-Psychometer," which supposedly allows its users to "see thoughts" (this is to find out if the two people actually love each other I guess; good thing this isn't widely used or ninety-percent of marriages would never happen). Then, at the actual ceremony, not only are the "man" and "girl" ("husband" and "wife" was too old-fashioned I guess) expected to recite the usual vows, but the guests are also asked to give their explicit consent to the union - it would probably be a good thing if Katie's parents didn't show up then, huh?
Then there's the invocation spoken by the Scientology minister at the start of the ceremony:
Rejoice you line of struggling life from eons gone, for here again, your track is sped and winged into a future fate by this, the union of a man and woman, crossing this bridge, whose child shall pace a future span.
Interesting sense of syntax, old L. Ron Hubbard had.
