{"id":22572,"date":"2022-09-29T18:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=22572"},"modified":"2022-09-29T18:24:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:24:19","slug":"i-was-mocked-because-my-man-has-dreadlocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=22572","title":{"rendered":"I was mocked because my man has dreadlocks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Gabriel Bbuule<\/p>\n

What you need to know:<\/p>\n

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Julie Pola is a Ugandan pastor who had her first child out of wedlock at 19. Being a servant of God, she chose to observe matrimony by marrying in Church. However, her choice of husband did not escape critics who found it hard to accept a man with shaggy hair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHis head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven,\u201d is the scripture that came to my mind when I chose to marry a man with hair that is detested by religious fanatics and moralists.<\/p>\n

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I reminded myself that God chose Samson, a man with hair to slay a lion with his bare hands and fought an entire army of rebellious Philistines using only the jawbone of a donkey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He is not a Nazirite like Samson but I am certain that he is a child of God like any other, and that gave me strength to face the naysayers and societal prejudice to find love in a man with dreadlocks.<\/p>\n

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It is quite challenging to get married to a man with dreadlocks in a society where people judge others depending on the way they look. In our society, people with dreadlocks are considered unserious, ghetto dwellers or substance abusers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, my opinion on men with hair has always been different even before I met my husband, Ronny Right.\u00a0 It is that love for men with hair that made me let my son\u2019s hair grow long.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As a Christian, pastor and mother, I do not find any problem with people choosing to look the way they feel as long as they are in line with the Bible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As a leader, I find it wrong for people, especially Christians to judge others basing on their appearance, which includes hair. When I asked him why he chose locks, he explained to me that besides feeling free with hair, locks are a part of the Nazarite vow, rooted in Leviticus which calls out against shaving the four corners of the head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Judged by my own<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At a time when I chose to present my would-be-husband to the people around me, I was judged, because many could not understand my preference for a man with dreadlocks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, I found solace in my close family members and friends who chose to support my decision. Click to read more..<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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