They say the week long wedding and celebrations cost about $6 Million and the dress that bride, Erica Baxter wore to marry James Packer cost $100,000.00.
I know that a wedding, and the dress, are special - but isn't that kind of money just a little bit obscene?
Consider that the dress was worn for this occasion only and it's future is probably a special place in the cupboard or maybe eBay. And consider that for the price tag of this one dress The Salvation Army could build about 20 houses in the village of Gituro in Rwanda. Or 5,000 families could be fed for a month. Or we could sink and fit out about 10 wells so that people had safe, clean water.
A wedding should be special - and to do that you have to spend some money - but come on isn't this just a little obscenely selfish?
Maybe James and Erica could give the dress to the Sallies (Salvos) to auction - and give some of the world's forgotten people the chance to eat, drink and live.
