Well Congratulations and Best Wishes in Vermont!
Starting today, same sex couples have the right to marry there as well as Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa. New Hampshire will go in 2010.
Too bad we're so behind times here in Sunny California. Maybe Obama will rescind DOMA and the phrase "Equal Rights" will apply to US Citizens in their own country.

I just realized half the year has passed without a new post. It's not that I haven't done any new weddings, just nothing so unique as to get posted. I did another one at the City Club recently that included a sand ceremony. I wrote a nice piece about the sand symbolizing each partner standing out at different times. Individuals in partnership was the theme. It was not really successful. I had looked all over to find sands that would complement the decor in the couples' living room. I literally shopped for sand for weeks. Then the vessel. It was a last minute substitution of vessel that fouled me up. I couldn't seem to coil the parchment that I use to funnel the sand correctly and it kept blocking up and not filling the bottle. It was a good thing we had planned to have a song play over the time we were pouring the sand because it took about four minutes to get it done. I was again impressed with how beautiful the City Club on Bunker Hill is at sunset. 54 stories over downtown LA with a 300 degree view. It's the coolest place I have ever officiated. (Except maybe on the cliffside at Big Sur.)If you are looking at this blog to consider me for your wedding, let's remember this: rehearse all parts of the ceremony, with props! And that in every wedding, the unexpected will happen. I will lead us all through, but know that there is always at least one bump.