Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz, the newlyweds whose YouTube wedding procession went viral last week, are using their fame for a good cause. On their newly created Web site jkweddingdance.com, they ask for donations to the Sheila Wellstone Institute, an anti-domestic violence organization named in honor of the wife of the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone; the couple was killed in a 2002 car crash. The institution was specifically chosen to address criticism of their use of the song “Forever” by Chris Brown, who was convicted of abusing fellow singer Rihanna. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
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