After first refusing to publish a wedding announcement of a lesbian couple, the Macon Telegraph newspaper reversed its decision today.
In an email sent June 7 to the couple, Laura Wilson and Rachel Hussey, the newspaper's classified advertising manager Cleo Wright said the announcement would run in August as first requested. The email states:
As a child, Kirsten Ott Palladino dreamed of having a beautiful wedding. And when she understood she loved women, it never crossed her mind that she would never have that ceremony.
“I never questioned I would have a wedding when I realized I wanted to marry a woman,” she said. “I never thought, ‘Oh, this is never a possibility.’”
Kirsten Ott and Maria Palladino met in 2003 through mutual friends and knew they were interested in each other, but waited about seven months before they began talking.
A wedding is about far more than saying “I do” and blissfully drifting off into happily ever after. It’s the marriage of everything you love — from each other, to the people in your lives, to designs and décor, to personalities and heritage.
Planning a wedding is wonderful, fun and exciting, but it can be stressful and hard, too. Wedding planning can be a crazy journey, but it will inevitably bring you and your beloved closer as you select meaningful components that reflect you as a couple.
To help you get organized, consider these tips for planning the main aspects of your wedding. And when you’re ready to get started, enjoy the newly minted LGBTQ-oriented digitally interactive wedding tools at EquallyWed.com — all for free.
There are many organizations working to secure the rights for same-sex couples to legally wed. Here are a few who are leading the way. Visit their websites to learn more about the issues and how you can join the fight by donating time or funds.
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Washington United for Marriage
www.washingtonunitedformarriage.org
Same-sex marriage is scheduled to begin in the state of Washington on June 7, 2012, unless opponents are able to gather enough signatures to get a ballot measure to overturn gay marriage approved for the November 2012 election. Washington United for Marriage is a coalition working to defend marriage equality.
Local station 11 Alive is giving away a dream wedding to one lucky couple and featured in the group of four couples is a gay couple, Ronnie Mallette and Brent Ferricci.
Ronnie and Brent write in their introduction seeking votes:
Love is Love Wedding Expo reaches out to LGBT couples tomorrow
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