Have you ever been to a gay wedding?

Back in the days when being gay meant involved in merriment, I could have answered yes, Nowadays, no, my gay friends have commitments, but not marriage.

You know I have very few straight friends but for all the queer couples around us, only one has gotten themselves domestic partnered – we weren’t at the official ceremony but we came to the celebration at their home after. When Alex and I were getting married, it wasn’t a legal thing – and we really thought of it as a commitment ceremony. Though we’re sexed differently, we feel that ours was a queer wedding and I think it was perceived that way by those who attended given that they know our identities.

I stood up as my mom’s witness when she married her sweetie. I felt much like anyone would feel, being part of their parent’s wedding – happy that she found someone she could love, happy that they’re so happy. For some reason it wasn’t technically legal (I guess one of them had “wrong” genitals somehow), but they looked just as radiant and beamy as any other couple I’ve seen get married.

Never(but I would love to). It’s unacceptable in my country since most people(including government) think that’s taboo. There would be a convoy from certain fanatism group if that happen.

Nope.

I feel fine about it, why wouldn’t I?

I went to my own, though it was very private and very spur of the moment.

I don’t see why a gay wedding would be different.

Nope.

I am expecting that not only will it be a moving occasion, but that it will feel like a victorious occasion, as well.

It probably will be. I know the wife and I are waiting until the day we can have the big wedding and become legally married. It won’t just be a private ceremony, but also a message to the world.

No, but I’ve been to an Armenian wedding. lolol

Not yet, that pleasure still awaits.

@Coloma What’s funny about an Armenian wedding? I’m partly Armenian and I’ve been to those and I loved it

@Simone_De_Beauvoir

Nothing funny in any sort of depriciating manner….just being silly.

I had a blast at the Armenian wedding, was invited randomly during a stay at a very nice hotel in L.A. last year…it was great!

I remember hearing somewhere (I can’t remember for the life of me) an answer that went to this questions as such: “All weddings are gay.”

I don’t think I could go to any more weddings, gay, straight or arranged. They make me feel worse than funerals.

No, I didn’t know either of the couples at the time of their marriage ceremonies, and so I wasn’t able to toast them.

Have a nice time today!

Yes, and it was beautiful to see the two brides show their love for each other in the most solemn way that humankind knows.

My sister married her S/O ten years ago. It was a lovely moment in a beautiful church, with many friends and most of our family in attendance.

She is no longer with this person, and is now planning a wedding with her new S/O that she has been in a relationship with for 3 years now. They are getting married in Iowa in a month or two, with just a few friends as witnesses, then having a large reception for friends and family this June. My sister is very excited. I’m so happy for her!

Not yet but I look forward to when it’s not a far fetched idea.

How cool! I, too, have a friend in DC (I’m assuming DC, since you said Maryland) who proposed to his boyfriend of 5 years, and am doing everything I can to get myself up there to help them celebrate the marriage. I’ve not been to a gay wedding, but am going to be extremely disaapointed if I can’t make it there to help my friend honor the love of his life.

No, they are still not legally recognised in Australia.

It turned out to be a highly amusing stealth wedding. They organized it so fast they didn’t have time to get a permit to hold it in a park. So we had a caravan of cars. Stopped, and almost ran into a grove. The ceremony took all of two minutes, and a good thing it did, because we were just breaking open some champagne when the park police came and “escorted” us out! I will not forget this in a hurry!