Ok, so the title is a little misleading. It wasn't MY wedding, it was my friends.
My wonderful friends who have been together for 8 years have wonderful loving, supportive families and are really the most adorable people.
They have been the 'posterboys' for gay marriage in Edmonton. They have been on the news and on the front page of the paper for being the first gay couple in Alberta to get a license.
I was thrilled at the invitation to join them and share in their wedding. It was a great honour.
They had about a hundred people sharing it with them, including a city councilman and a news crew. Just a quite little family wedding.
They looked great in their outfits, which were pink for one and blue for the other. Great flowers and music .... and the cake...
One of these great guys made my wedding cake, which was a tiered idea but it was all cupcakes.
My idea was ... ripped off... but thats ok. They had cupcakes with all different coloured lollipops in them. It was beautiful and colourful and yummy!!
The food was great, the toasts were long , but there was wine so who cares.
The dancing was... well ... Gloria Gainer would be proud. I haven't heard so much disco and Madonna and Cher.... since.... pride week. But I digress.
The point of all of this is .... I witnessed something great. Historic even. I got to be at a gay wedding. Yes I said wedding. Not commitment ceremony, a real , for better or worse wedding.
How long have some of us waited for this kind of thing? I am so glad my friends are able to say that they are married, and have the paper to show. A great human rights triumph was witnessed by us. And the best toast of the night came from their 6 yr old niece who introduced them..... 'these are my uncles, I love you'
Doesn't get better than that.
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