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* The [[wikipedia:Unification Church#Sex and marriage|Unification Church]] ("Moonies"): all the marriages amongst the flock are arranged by Reverend Moon.
** While that may have been true for the First Generation of the Unification Church, the children of those marriages now adhere to the more "traditional arranged marriages" mentioned above, with the matching being done by the parents. Interestingly, there's a whole sort of ideology behind it, where the parents should marry their children for lifelong "true" love. This means that they look for someone who is [[Opposites Attract|opposite of, and therefore complements their child]]. The hope is that they will personally grow into a better person, ''and'' grow in love. After doing a sort of courtship, the couple can decide whether they fit. Personal experience says it seems to work pretty well, although it helps that a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|lot of them really]] [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|believe in it]]. Ironically, there is still a large percentage that would rather be married by the Reverend Moon, and some who do not trust their parents/church enough to do either.]
* Some [[The Fundamentalist|very conservative Christian groups]] practice "betrothal," meaning that they believe fathers have the authority to determine who their adult children marry via Arranged Marriage or [[Parental Marriage Veto]]. Most other Christians maintain that, even when taken literally, ''[[The Bible]]'' actually teaches the opposite. (An example of the latter view can be found in [https://web.archive.org/web/20121112134623/http://www.ericpazdziora.com/writing/the-bondage-of-betrothal/ this article.])
* One early version of E-Harmony is a legendary part of Northwestern History. In 1860's Seattle Asa Mercer took advantage of a classic Arbitrage opportunity. In the West there was a disproportion of men because of the number of adventurers (cowboys, lumbermen, sailors, miners, etc) in the area and the reluctance of many women to go out of their way looking for hardship at the time. In the East there was a dearth of men because of [[American Civil War|unpleasant circumstances.]] As a result Mercer sponsored to recruit women from the East for the West.<ref>Amusingly, this became the basis for the 1960s [[Sit Com]] ''[[Here Come the Brides]]'' as well as a 1985 ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Tie-in Novel]], ''Ishmael'' by [[Barbara Hambly]].</ref>
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