As engaged couples prepare for the upcoming wedding season, there is more competition than ever for great venues and the services of talented professionals. Relatively new to this mainstream mix in 2013 are greater numbers of same-sex couples who will be affirming their life-long commitments to one another in legal...
(424) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 1:59 PM
Mr. President,
My toddler son met you in Iowa in 2007 at Tom Harkin's Annual Steak Fry. You were greeting the crowd at the fence and came over to say hello to my family. You asked me and my partner, knowingly, if we were his parents and we said yes....
(0) Comments | Posted April 3, 2012 | 2:36 PM
In 1995, my partner and I had begun to talk more seriously about having a commitment ceremony. We didn't yet know what that would look like or how we would ever pull it off, but we had begun to embrace the idea that we would exchange vows in front of...
(4) Comments | Posted January 30, 2012 | 11:06 AM
It's a question we used to hear from our clients frequently: My partner and I are going to get married and we aren't sure which fingers we should put our rings on. What do you recommend?
Most succinctly put, we recommended then as we do now: do what feels right...
(22) Comments | Posted January 24, 2012 | 1:21 PM
Have you ever noticed that, any time a state legalizes same-sex marriage, numerous articles are published, featuring testimonials that there will be a huge gold rush and money falling from the skies as same-sex couples rush to the altar, Chuppah or City Hall to tie the knot or jump the...
(0) Comments | Posted January 17, 2012 | 12:35 PM
When my partner and I announced our engagement and began telling friends and family that we were getting married, one of the most frequent questions we got was: What are you going to wear?
Seriously?!? What we were going to wear?
It was 1999 and I was more preoccupied with...
(0) Comments | Posted January 9, 2012 | 2:49 AM
In some ways, it seems like a really small thing. It was just a kiss. A G-rated kiss. The kind of kiss that most folks wouldn't pay much attention to if they walked past the embrace on a city block.
But this was no ordinary kiss.
For the first...
(3) Comments | Posted December 24, 2011 | 5:34 AM
Gay and lesbian couples have the luxury of designing their wedding ceremonies as a reflection of their own relationships. It's not just about following religious, legal, social and/or family traditions. Same-sex couples, after all, are not bound by hundreds of years of marriage ritual as defined by the countless gays...
(11) Comments | Posted February 16, 2013 | 12:19 PM