A Non-Religious Prayer
May 28th, 2008 @ 4:39 pm by Mrs. Gingerbread
I was raised Catholic and Miss GB 2.0 was raised Buddhist, but went to Catholic school. We were both rather skeptical about churches for a long time, which is sadly the case for many gay people who have had negative experiences with people condemning us in the name of their religion. However, we were fortunate to meet a wonderful member of the clergy, Reverend Helen, who showed us that religion doesn’t automatically equal homophobia. In fact, Rev. Helen often says, “Homophobia is against my religion.” She’s a Unitarian Universalist, which is one of many gay-affirming religions.
Miss GB 2.0 and I now attend a Unitarian Church. Some Unitarians believe in God and some don’t, so in that spirit, we wanted to include a prayer/meditation in our ceremony that wasn’t explicitly religious. We chose an excerpt from Antoine de St. Exupery:
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Words, Words, Everywhere…
May 12th, 2008 @ 5:18 pm by Mrs. Hummingbird
It has been a ridiculously great year for Mr. Corn and I; everything from his promotion, to my job change, to his brother getting married, our buying our first house, getting engaged, etc. Yet we remain aware that these things come in waves. We certainly aren’t trying to be pessimistic about how great everything has been, but we are trying to keep our feet grounded in the reality that there are many more great times as well as hard times ahead.
This has only been magnified by recent events in my family. What has been going on is cruel and excruciatingly personal and will directly affect many of the people who will attend our wedding. But you have to go on. The world isn’t going to iron itself out into perfection because of our wedding day. We just have to celebrate it as the joyful occasion it is and try and keep our focus on that.
Below is the reading that Mr. Corn and I have selected to be read at the ceremony. It is different from anything I have ever heard at a wedding before; I think because it not only explores the concept that marriage is so much more than the one time joy of a wedding, but because it expresses a truth of what can be expected, rather than the naïve hope of what can never truly be attained.
