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Marriage celebration in Vancouver |
| Witherspooners, justice-seekers Tammy Lindahl and Martha
Juillerat celebrate marriage in Vancouver A news
announcement from More Light Presbyterians
Dated July 31, 2005, posted here on 8-1-05
Yesterday, July 30, 2005, Tammy Lindahl and Martha Juillerat were married at
Trinity United Church,
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| Martha Juillerat and Tammy Lindahl
exchange rings with Bear Ride officiating. |
Vancouver, British Columbia. More Light
Presbyterians celebrate the love, commitment and marriage of Tammy and
Martha. Both former Presbyterian clergywomen, graduates of McCormick
Theological Seminary who served God in parish ministry, Tammy also served on
the National MLP Board and Martha is the National Program Director of the
Shower of Stoles Project. Tammy and Martha live in Minneapolis, MN.
It was a wonderful experience to be part of the church community that came
together to witness the marriage commitment of our dear friends Martha and
Tammy. Martha and I were invited to participate in the national Affirm
United Conference of the United Church of Canada. With the possibility of
legal same-sex marriage offered in Canada by federal law, the Rev. Sally
Harris, pastor of Trinity United Church and Co-Chair of Affirm United, the
pro-LGBT program within the United Church of Canada, invited Martha and
Tammy to be married at her church.
The congregation of Trinity United Church joyfully embraced the opportunity
to host the marriage ceremony and celebration for Martha and Tammy.
Additionally, the Affirm United Council was delighted to make the wedding
ceremony an official part of their conference. Family, family of choice and
friends of Martha and Tammy traveled from Minnesota, Virginia, California
and New Mexico to Vancouver for their wedding.
Martha and Tammy said so many times this weekend that it was their fondest
hope and dream to be married in the church. And so on this day, because of
marriage equality in Canada and the gracious support for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender persons and relationships in the United Church of
Canada, Martha and Tammy's dreams came true.
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| L to r: Rev.Sally
Harris, Tammy Lindahl, Martha Juillerat, and Rev. Bear Ride |
Longtime friend of the brides, the Rev. Bear Ride, said
that it was truly an honor to serve as a co-officiant for Tammy and Martha's
marriage ceremony. It was a tremendous privilege for Bear and me to
participate in and support Martha and Tammy in their wedding here in
Vancouver.
While certainly grateful for marriage equality in Canada and the openness
within the United Church of Canada, those of us here from the United States
and the Presbyterian Church (USA) realize that this marriage could have
been, should have been in our own country, in our own Church.
With hope for change in our Church and country,
Michael
Michael J. Adee, M.Div., Ph.D., National Field Organizer
More Light Presbyterians, 369 Montezuma Avenue # 447, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 820-7082, michaeladee@aol.com,www.mlp.org
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