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This will take a longer piece of writing to do the subject justice, so tune in to Chunga 21 (probably) if you want the longer version. The short version is that yesterday I went to Heronswood Gardens over on the Kitsap Peninsula to celebrate the wedding of Jessica Amanda Salmonson and Rhonda Boothe. The law legalizing same sex marriage went into ( Read more... )

As some of you will have heard by now, Sharee has announced that she is marrying her new beau, Greg. She let me know earlier in the week, before she made a public announcement. I wish them a long and loving marriage. I'm happy that she's found someone to be there for her in the wake of losing her mother ( Read more... )

Some good photos of yesterday's protest at the seattle community. carl and his friend, Scott, were there and said it looked like about five thousand people. Sounds about right, since the cops estimate three thousand. Good signs spotted ( Read more... )

So a set-back for gay rights in California, Arizona, Florida, and Arkansas. We still have Massachusetts and Connecticut as states with marriage equality. I assume the strategy is to continue slogging it out state-by-state? Is there going to be any push at the Federal level now that we have a Democratic administration and an increased Democratic ( Read more... )

As I'm sure I've mentioned before, my niece is getting married in July, and she and her fiance have asked me to conduct the ceremony. This weekend they found some text that they approved of and handed it over to me. I'll work it over to try to personalize it a bit. "Welcome, everyone, to this happy occasion. It seems perverse for someone who has ( Read more... )

Well, the first two days of this trip have each had big announcements. On Wednesday, my niece and her fiance asked me to conduct the ceremony at their wedding next July. I was deeply moved by their request. Sheesh, it's like they think I'm an important figure in their life or something. I still haven't made up my mind whether I'll do it, because ( Read more... )

As some of you may have heard, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled the other day that the state's Defense of Marriage Act is constitutional. The Defense of Marriage Act defines marriage as occurring between one man and one woman and is intended to discriminate against gays and lesbians -- and let's not even mention polyamorists ( Read more... )

So the wedding of holyoutlaw and juliebata was brilliant, and the sky turned clear blue right before the outdoor ceremony. The chorus of kazoos was awesome, in a fairly bloody-minded, libertarian kind of way. The Reverend Earthquake McGoon presided over compact, poetic, realistic vows. Afterwards, I had a needed talk with a longtime friend I've drifted away from. The ( Read more... )