"Dead South African couple to be married"

From MSNBC.com's Peculiar Postings segment:

Until death do us ... wed
Dead South African couple to be married

JOHANNESBURG - A South African man who shot his pregnant fiancee dead before killing himself will be posthumously married to her at the weekend.

Police Captain Mohale Ramatseba said David Masenta shot 25-year-old Mgwanini Molomo after a quarrel before turning the gun on himself. But Johannesburg’s Sowetan newspaper said family and friends wanted to remember them as a happy couple destined for a happy life together.

The groom’s corpse would be dressed in a cream suit and his bride’s in a gown for the ceremony, at which a priest in the rural village of Ceres in Limpopo will bless the union before the two are buried, the Sowetan said.

“In African culture, there is no death -- there is merely the separation of body and soul,” said cultural expert Mathole Motshekga. “It is also important because the families are married together.”

“This does not mean the relationship has irretrievably broken down.”
- MSNBC.com >> Article (I'd say full article but the excerpt is of the whole article)

-- Yes... I'm laughing my ass off at this. It's so ridiculous of a predicament.

What's going to happen when they get to the part "you may now kiss the bride"? What about the honey moon!? Will they put both dead spouses in the same bed for the night? And if so......Okay, maybe I shouldn't go any further with that one.

But... seriously. He killed her. If he really cared about her he would NOT have done that. But then there's this renowned bullshit about the "sanctity of marriage".