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Midnight At The Treehouse

  “We want to thank you again so much for everything Kathryn. Marriage is amazing and you helped us to make it all happen.” Dee and Shannon met on line in 2nd Life, and managed to translate their romance to the Real World (although it took Shannon 3 solid months of asking Dee out before [...]

Opposites Attract

  “Thank you for making our day so special. It was an absolutely perfect day.”    Photo by Lindsay Raymondjack Donna (on the left) and Lisa weren’t sure they were going to make it to Vermont for their wedding because Donna’s home town got wiped out by one of those legendary Southern tornados. But Donna [...]

DIY Bride

Emily and her fiance Jim came to get married in Vermont because they love to travel and see new places.  While they wanted a formal sort of wedding, they didn’t want a giant, fancy event, as they said they’d rather spend the money on traveling. So they booked a room at the Stone Hill Inn [...]

JP or Me?

When folks start planning their wedding, one of the most critical questions is figuring out who’s going to perform the ceremony. Part of the challenge is that in civil society, the state, rather than individuals, decides what makes a marriage “legitimate” in the eyes of the law – with all the associated rights and priviledges. [...]

Claiming The Victory

Bishop John Shelby Spong recently published a manifesto stating his unwillingness to further debate the issue of homosexuality in the church. His feeling is that, like slavery or round-versus-flat earth, there aren’t two equal-but-opposing sides to the situation.  There’s only  justice, or the lack thereof.  And he’s not willing to waste his time debating with [...]

Secret Haiku Wedding!

Jenny and Joshua Doe (names changed to protect them from their parents) came to me needing to get married Right Now.  They already have a big wedding planned somewhere warm and tropical, but the financial pressures of their lives demanded Immediate Marital Legitimacy For Insurance Purposes. I could have signed the license without saying anything.  But [...]

Love Art Lab

Performance artist and sex guru Annie Sprinkle has taken loving the planet to a whole new level with her series of Green Weddings.  In each one, rambunctious, passionate participants marry a different aspect of the planet, such as redwood trees in California or the sea in Venice, Italy. Talk about taking love of the planet [...]

Vampires Are People Too!

Ok, coming out of the closet here.  I love me a good campy vampire drama.  But I also love social justice and marriage equality. So imagine my complete delight when in the final episode of True Blood, Season 2, Vampire Bill proposes to Psychic Sookie by first handing her two plane tickets to Burlington, Vermont! [...]

To Life!

Note to all you about-to-be-marrieds: You DO NOT have to do this at your reception in order to have a good time.  No need to keep up with the Anatevkans here.  But kudos to the whole team who pulled it off. FYI – if you ARE going to try and replicate this, there’s a hairball [...]

Totally Committed – Part I

Ok, first off I just have to say that this is not an objective blog post.  Not that blog posts are meant to be objective, but I just have to put it out there: Caveat Emptor, people.  Or in the immortal words of our current President, “Let me be clear…” I love Elizabeth Gilbert.  She’s [...]