tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post6063312371777337680..comments2024-01-26T14:28:14.820-05:00Comments on dirt and rocks: Four Weddings And A MarriageBrigindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499279435958916161noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-22500371975262321932011-03-04T13:33:03.672-05:002011-03-04T13:33:03.672-05:00Congratulations on your anniversaries!
I loved my ...Congratulations on your anniversaries!<br />I loved my wedding, and enjoyed planning it. But I agree with you that the marriage aspect, the responsibilities and commitment are so much more important. And that it's outrageous that this is denied to so many people (love the bunny example above). Where I'm from it is possible for same sex couples to be "legal partners" or something, but they don't have the same rights as heterosexual married couples (e.g. they cannot adopt unless one of the partners is the biological parent of the child). I suppose it's a start...Ameliehttp://amelies-welt.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-82180466117809139422011-03-03T14:01:23.910-05:002011-03-03T14:01:23.910-05:00a wedding and bowling- i love it :)a wedding and bowling- i love it :)Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-891121249630154532011-03-01T10:59:38.695-05:002011-03-01T10:59:38.695-05:00When I was an older teenager, I had a drama teache...When I was an older teenager, I had a drama teacher, a woman, who opened my heart and my mind. It was a simple comment she made, when I asked her, who does so and so say he loves, that he won't say who it is? When I made some guesses as to who it might be, she said to me, "What if it were a boy? Love is love." Marriage is a commitment, and an expression of love and caring. It should be open to anyone. It's awful that people would in any way restrict love, and being able to take care of loved ones. Love is love, and marriage is marriage; and it has nothing to do with a person's sex.<br /><br />I'm curious. Why did you become a mail-away minister? Are you going to perform the ceremonies? My husband and I were married by a notary public, a secretary in my husband's office. It was a simple outdoor wedding, and the actual ceremony was held at the top of an observation tower overlooking the intracoastal waterway. Our reception was in the park's picnic pavilion.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-15052047805936327662011-03-01T10:56:56.466-05:002011-03-01T10:56:56.466-05:00C here. Ditto for me--except I'll be spending ...C here. Ditto for me--except I'll be spending my life with a strange, wonderful man. Never having been married before I have no idea if the event will change me. I expect it will--but I hope only for the better.<br /><br />Congrats, Brigindo, on your and b's eight year anniversary! You make a great couple. And I'm thrilled that you're now a minister. The absolving people's sins part will come in extra handy, knowing our family.<br /><br />I am outraged that marriage is denied to so many. A woman I've been friends with for many years has been with her partner for 50 plus years. 50! They have gone through good times and bad, like every other long-term couple and remain committed and loving to each other. That they are denied the right to marry while Hugh Hefner can marry a 24-year-old Bunny at the drop of a hat is mind-boggling.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16583924780335341252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-76693723359250892072011-02-28T17:37:11.423-05:002011-02-28T17:37:11.423-05:00Very nicely put, Brigindo.
Of the three elements...Very nicely put, Brigindo. <br /><br />Of the three elements -- the celebration, the license, and the commitment -- I see the latter as by far the most important. In that sense C and I are already married, in that we've committed to each other, as you did with b. <br /><br />I feel sorry for the young brides who look forward to the celebration aspect so much that they forget the rest. "Happily ever after" does not exist, even in fairly tales. The license and legal issues seem a necessary evil, but as C experienced with the death of her long time partner it can be very important -- and it is a shame that not everyone is allowed that same right in our society. <br /><br />I suggested to C that we get married because I thought that she deserved a wedding sometime in her life. While neither of us are really big on the party aspect of a wedding it will be nice to share the occasion with a few close family and friends. And because we've already committed to each other then I doubt that I'll feel any different the day after, other than comfort in the knowledge that we have some legal protections. <br /><br />In any event I'm immensely happy that we're together, and I'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life with this strange, wonderful woman.Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-17189711635570936512011-02-28T13:44:38.344-05:002011-02-28T13:44:38.344-05:00oh sister CLEANSE ME for I HAVE SINNED.
Great pos...oh sister CLEANSE ME for I HAVE SINNED.<br /><br />Great post.Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127086612056086054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-79127280282325857932011-02-26T16:38:17.254-05:002011-02-26T16:38:17.254-05:00Congrats on all fronts. Very happy for you and you...Congrats on all fronts. Very happy for you and your family. <br /><br />I am so happy that the Feds will not defend DOMA. It's such a crime that same sex individuals cannot enjoy the same happiness. As I explained to my students in Con Law, it's the civil rights issue of the 21st century.Seeking Solacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391724559179617204.post-10536062968337493702011-02-26T16:34:57.560-05:002011-02-26T16:34:57.560-05:00Congratulations on your anniversary and your ordin...Congratulations on your anniversary and your ordination. A preacher in the family. I'm impressed. And one who can absolve sins. That's power.<br /><br />Seriously, it's criminal that same-sex partners can't get married everywhere in this country. For the legalities, if for no other reason. Change is blowing in the wind but I hope it starts blowing a bit more forcefully. Obama's recent move was a good first step.Joan Kane Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802501163461996982noreply@blogger.com