essentialsaltes: (Whiskey Tango but no Foxtrot)
essentialsaltes ([personal profile] essentialsaltes) wrote2009-03-29 05:52 pm

What Mike has joined, let no man sunder

I 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] 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.

[identity profile] popepat.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Well done. I guess the customer is always right.