When homophobic bigotry dies the death it deserves and gay marriage is legal where you are, assuming you want to be married, what's your preference as to where you would exchange vows - in a church/temple or a civil ceremony?
2006-11-08 05:39:00 · 14 answers · asked by PT's Swan Lake 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Too many good answers here - gotta put this to a vote! Thanks everyone.
2006-11-10 07:12:05 · update #1
marriage in a church
2006-11-08 05:40:45 · answer #1 · answered by TRACER 1 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I don't think I'd like a civil ceremony. Maybe a Unitarian ceremony, because you wouldn't have to worry about holding different religious views from your spouse. Unitarians are pretty neutral regarding religious doctrine. In fact, they have no religious creed, except for a basic respect for human dignity and individual conscience. Some are even atheists. And they've been accepting of gay people for a very long time. Way before other denominations even considered it.
2006-11-08 06:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by Angry Gay Man 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Amen to homophobic bigotry dying & making same sex marriage legal. Though my decision on where I want to get married, doesn't have anything to do with whether the homophobes like or dislike it... my preference would be outdoors in the mountains. Probably in the early fall, or late spring.
2006-11-08 07:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Since we live in CT, where we have the same rights with civil unions as marriage, we had a civil ceremony at the town hall - and then a private marriage ceremony in our church.
Interestingly enough, though the federal government doesn't recognize our civil union as a marriage, my family, friends, the justice of the peace who performed our ceremony, our city's mayor and attorney who were in attendance, and our minister who attended, all refer to it as our marriage.
Not one single person ever said that it was wonderful that we had decided to get civil unionated.
2006-11-08 05:42:38 · answer #4 · answered by tristanrobin 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm Pagan, and my atheist wife doesn't particularly care who officiates, so we'll have a "handfasting" (Neo-Pagan ceremony) officiated by a Pagan priest in front of all our friends in a nice place. Again. Only next time, we probably can't go to the same little inn, because my wife and I, and our friends, annoyed the hell out of the nice lesbian couple who ran the place.
2006-11-08 06:01:01 · answer #5 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I plan on marrying when I find the man to accept my hand in it. If it is not leal, then it won't be recognized by the state or federal goverment. When it does become legal Then I welcome the resognition. As to where I marry, it will depend on where he and I want to. Be it temple, church or open field.
2006-11-08 05:46:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think just about any self-respecting diest would prefer a non-religious ceremony if his/her partner has no objections to it. So civil ceremony.
2006-11-08 13:30:47 · answer #7 · answered by Rageling 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a nice Pagan ceremony.
2006-11-08 06:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am not religious so don't feel it would be appropriate to get married in a religious venue.
Would love to get married in a cherry orchard in spring just as the blossom is falling...now I just need to find the man to marry!
2006-11-08 05:47:35 · answer #9 · answered by chris_morganuk 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Civil ceremony...because I find it difficult to ask for endorsement from a god that thinks I'm an abomination. I have my own views on higher powers..that do not include organized religions.
2006-11-08 05:42:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋