The joke looked cool, but the church leaders in León, Guanajuato didn’t like the video of the otaku wedding that went viral on social media. So, to prevent something like that from happening again (which, according to them, takes away from the seriousness of the celebration), it’s better to simply ban it.
If it happens again, priests will cancel the wedding
The archdiocese of León, Guanajuato released a statement (shared by the account @TadaimaMx) in which, although it doesn’t say “otaku weddings are prohibited,” it does order priests to cancel everything the next time they see a bride and groom dressed like in the aforementioned viral video (as anime characters, cartoons, or in a crazy way).
“No other situation that harms or violates the integrity of the faith and the dignity of the sacraments will be allowed from now on, and if the case were to arise, I ask the brother priests to suspend the celebration,” orders the archbishop of León, Guanajuato.
Bride and groom and guests are asked to dress “dignifiedly”
If you have already seen the video and did not know where the applauded otaki wedding had been celebrated (groom and guests dressed as characters from the Knights of the Zodiac… Saint Seiya, for the discerning), the Archdiocese of León points out that the heretical action occurred in the Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was last October 5.
At that place and date, “a groom and a group of guests showed up dressed as a popular television animation series,” says the statement, which explains the various reasons why such a situation will no longer be allowed to happen again:
Otaku weddings can no longer be celebrated because temples of worship are sacred and because the sacraments are not fiction or imaginary (oh, right?)…
Bride assures that the church allowed it
“So, how do I dress?” the groom who was already ordering his Phoenix suit will ask himself. Well, according to the Archdiocese of León, Guanajuato, the bride and groom must be dressed “dignifiedly”… whatever that means. And that goes for the bride and groom as well as the guests.
While the Archdiocese in León believes that the bride and groom did not take it seriously, the bride, Nathaly Su Alba, explained on social media that she and her now husband planned everything for 10 years.
In a post in which she shared photos of the otaku wedding, the bride claims that the church did give them a chance to have the wedding the way they wanted… and now they’re backing out. Chiaaa.
Source: sopitas
