What Mike has joined, let no man sunder
Mar. 29th, 2009 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
essentialsaltesI performed my fifth wedding this afternoon, but there were several firsts. This was the first time I married a couple that I didn't (previously) know. The happy couple are coworkers of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jsadler. She was kind enough to think of me, and they were desperate enough to think of me. It was also the first time that I said something like this:
My first draft was a bit more elliptical in its support for gay marriage, but R & A were very serious about how important this issue was for them, and this is what they wanted. I was only too happy to comply.
Oh, and I think another first was that the holy text in which I concealed my cheat sheets was HP Lovecraft's Supernatural Horror in Literature.
The groom was nervous, the bride was stunning. Not everything went perfectly, but everything went beautifully. In other words, a great wedding.
But most importantly, I turned a mail-order ordination into hard currency.
jsadler. She was kind enough to think of me, and they were desperate enough to think of me. It was also the first time that I said something like this:Love is a wondrous thing that binds people together, and nothing, neither race nor sexual orientation, should be allowed to hinder a couple’s freedom to love. I know R. and A. join me in hoping that California will soon help to again lead the way in protecting marriage equality for all.
My first draft was a bit more elliptical in its support for gay marriage, but R & A were very serious about how important this issue was for them, and this is what they wanted. I was only too happy to comply.
Oh, and I think another first was that the holy text in which I concealed my cheat sheets was HP Lovecraft's Supernatural Horror in Literature.
The groom was nervous, the bride was stunning. Not everything went perfectly, but everything went beautifully. In other words, a great wedding.
But most importantly, I turned a mail-order ordination into hard currency.
