Baltimore Ravens Wedding from Casey Carter on Vimeo.

There are so many things wrong with this video.  First off, let me say that I don’t necessarily think that a wedding has to be like a fairy tale.  But there should be a level of class and dignity associated with it.  The wedding party wearing football jerseys is the opposite of that.  The barking doesn’t help either.  Anyone over 50 at this wedding must have been horrified.

As I was watching this video, I was thinking how unsettling it was that a professional football team would mean so much to this couple.  It’s a bunch of guys who are paid to play football for your city, most of them without any real connection to the city for which they play and especially without any connection to the couple.  And yet, here are the jerseys of the Ravens on full display and totally overshadowing the wedding itself.  I can’t believe the wife agreed to go along with this; she’s clearly a submissive woman who is going to tolerate years of degradation and abuse during the two – maximum three – rocky years that this marriage will last.

And as if I wasn’t disgusted enough, as if this entire stunt was arranged just to lower my opinion of our society even more (I believe it was), the groom comes out wearing the jersey of a murderer and dances like a jackass.  I’m guessing the bride’s father must be so proud.

I don’t care if this was the couple’s special day for them to enjoy in their own way.  This isn’t cute or fun.  It reeks and I hate it.