(photos are below, in the 'read more' link)
30 years ago two men attempted to get married in Boulder Colorado, I was a new teenager living in Ft. Collins Colorado, excited, scared and anxious about two gay men getting married. The virtriol was palpable then and it helped send me into 20 years of fear and into hiding.
Today, I am married to one of the gentlest and cutest men in the world and have one of the sweetest and fun-loving daughters in the world. Today, if not for long perhaps, we are not only recognized as spouses by our wonderful friends and family, but in the eyes of the law.
Today, at least today, we stand equal before the law. Last year the last laws against our love were struck down and now today we have the same rights and obligations as our married neighbors and family. In 30 years we have gone from fear and discrimination to this.
Oh, God in heaven, WE ARE MARRIED!!!
I can not tell you what the day has been like, but I will attempt it...
We arrived at 9am with our friends and their two boys (our friends were getting married too). My parents were able to make it back up by 9:30. The doors would open at 10am to let us in. Even by 9am the line was already as big as it was yesterday, and that was the line for those who were NOT here yesterday, our line (for those who had tickets from yesterday) was over 200-300 couples, maybe more, because we were let in at 10am and the line was still growing.
While waiting in line, volunteers (people who were married in days before and people who just came to help) came down the line to make sure our forms were filled out _perfectly_ correct. They want no mistakes. At 10am we started to file in, the feeling was one of amazing anticipation and joy. In fact, the entire day everyone in line and everywhere was in a mood of celebration and excitement dashed with a bit of subversive defiance :). It was a big party, a party of civil disobedience and love. You wouldn't believe the diversity of people there, lots of families with children, lesbian couples, gay couples and their kids, people of different races and ethnic groups, older couples, younger couples.
When we all filed in it was of the first times I got very choked up and couldn't talk for fear of sobbing. Once in the building we went through a maze of halls (directed by volunteers) to the clerk's office. There Guy and I and our two friends (J and B, i haven't asked them I could use their names :) gave them our 82 dollars for the fee and forms. They typed them in, made sure they were correct, had us swear an oath that all was correct and true, signed the forms, and gave the fininshed forms back to us
We met so many people while we waited, a gay couple visiting from switzerland who decided to get married, a lesbian couple with two adopted children who were so sweet (all four of them) and so many others. EVERYONE was friendly today.
It was then to our ceremonies!
On the interior rotunda, on the steps, a volunteer from Los Angeles who was married on Friday married Guy and I with my parents and our friends looking on and Emma in our arms. The second choke up and tears flowing as we vowed to love and cherish each other for the rest of our lives.
Its interesting, I still look to our commitment ceremony 6 years ago as our 'real' (for a lack of a better term) marriage, for it was there that we were married in front of our God, our families and our friends. It was there that it was true. But today it was in the eyes of the law, and possibly, in the eyes of society as a whole. Today was historic.
Then J and B got married, two sons in arms, as we witnessed for them. A third choke up and tears. I'm a sap.
A camera crew (not the first nor last of the day, just the longest) asked to interview us, so we sat in the San Francisco history room (appropriate!) on the floor with my mother and our kids and answered questions about what marriage meant to us as gay parents, how we came to be parents, our feelings of the day and so much more. They are doing a documentary on gay parents that they hope to follow for 5 years, updating us every year or so. there were also photographers and journalists taking our pictures and asking questions from all over, as far away as Europe and Japan. I don't think I've EVER been photographed so much (though I'm not sure how much that says, i rarely have them taken :).
We then went down to another office where are forms were turned in a fee of 13 was paid and our marriages were registered!!
We are MARRIED!!!
As we walked out of City Hall, there was a crowd of hundreds of people there just to applaud and cheer us as they were everyone married that day. Hundreds of people, some married earlier, many just from around the city, the state and the country JUST to watch the historic day and give their support. My fourth sobbing point. Emma was thoroughly enjoying it, waving to everyone and smiling hugely. Many people plied us with flowers and congratulations.
what a day. We are exhasted, estactic, joyful, excited, stressed and over all feeling the import of the historic thing we just were a part of.
Can you believe it? We are married!!
We got there at 9am four gay men, we left at 1:30...two married couples.
we all went to the restaurant and ate lunch, commisserated about the meaning of it all and went home (the kids started to fall asleep in their food, it was about time to put them down for naps)>
thank you everyone for your love and support and thank you Gavin Newsom for starting this amazing act of love and civil disobedience.
photos in 'read more' link.
30 years ago two men attempted to get married in Boulder Colorado, I was a new teenager living in Ft. Collins Colorado, excited, scared and anxious about two gay men getting married. The virtriol was palpable then and it helped send me into 20 years of fear and into hiding.
Today, I am married to one of the gentlest and cutest men in the world and have one of the sweetest and fun-loving daughters in the world. Today, if not for long perhaps, we are not only recognized as spouses by our wonderful friends and family, but in the eyes of the law.
Today, at least today, we stand equal before the law. Last year the last laws against our love were struck down and now today we have the same rights and obligations as our married neighbors and family. In 30 years we have gone from fear and discrimination to this.
Oh, God in heaven, WE ARE MARRIED!!!
I can not tell you what the day has been like, but I will attempt it...
We arrived at 9am with our friends and their two boys (our friends were getting married too). My parents were able to make it back up by 9:30. The doors would open at 10am to let us in. Even by 9am the line was already as big as it was yesterday, and that was the line for those who were NOT here yesterday, our line (for those who had tickets from yesterday) was over 200-300 couples, maybe more, because we were let in at 10am and the line was still growing.
While waiting in line, volunteers (people who were married in days before and people who just came to help) came down the line to make sure our forms were filled out _perfectly_ correct. They want no mistakes. At 10am we started to file in, the feeling was one of amazing anticipation and joy. In fact, the entire day everyone in line and everywhere was in a mood of celebration and excitement dashed with a bit of subversive defiance :). It was a big party, a party of civil disobedience and love. You wouldn't believe the diversity of people there, lots of families with children, lesbian couples, gay couples and their kids, people of different races and ethnic groups, older couples, younger couples.
When we all filed in it was of the first times I got very choked up and couldn't talk for fear of sobbing. Once in the building we went through a maze of halls (directed by volunteers) to the clerk's office. There Guy and I and our two friends (J and B, i haven't asked them I could use their names :) gave them our 82 dollars for the fee and forms. They typed them in, made sure they were correct, had us swear an oath that all was correct and true, signed the forms, and gave the fininshed forms back to us
We met so many people while we waited, a gay couple visiting from switzerland who decided to get married, a lesbian couple with two adopted children who were so sweet (all four of them) and so many others. EVERYONE was friendly today.
It was then to our ceremonies!
On the interior rotunda, on the steps, a volunteer from Los Angeles who was married on Friday married Guy and I with my parents and our friends looking on and Emma in our arms. The second choke up and tears flowing as we vowed to love and cherish each other for the rest of our lives.
Its interesting, I still look to our commitment ceremony 6 years ago as our 'real' (for a lack of a better term) marriage, for it was there that we were married in front of our God, our families and our friends. It was there that it was true. But today it was in the eyes of the law, and possibly, in the eyes of society as a whole. Today was historic.
Then J and B got married, two sons in arms, as we witnessed for them. A third choke up and tears. I'm a sap.
A camera crew (not the first nor last of the day, just the longest) asked to interview us, so we sat in the San Francisco history room (appropriate!) on the floor with my mother and our kids and answered questions about what marriage meant to us as gay parents, how we came to be parents, our feelings of the day and so much more. They are doing a documentary on gay parents that they hope to follow for 5 years, updating us every year or so. there were also photographers and journalists taking our pictures and asking questions from all over, as far away as Europe and Japan. I don't think I've EVER been photographed so much (though I'm not sure how much that says, i rarely have them taken :).
We then went down to another office where are forms were turned in a fee of 13 was paid and our marriages were registered!!
We are MARRIED!!!
As we walked out of City Hall, there was a crowd of hundreds of people there just to applaud and cheer us as they were everyone married that day. Hundreds of people, some married earlier, many just from around the city, the state and the country JUST to watch the historic day and give their support. My fourth sobbing point. Emma was thoroughly enjoying it, waving to everyone and smiling hugely. Many people plied us with flowers and congratulations.
what a day. We are exhasted, estactic, joyful, excited, stressed and over all feeling the import of the historic thing we just were a part of.
Can you believe it? We are married!!
We got there at 9am four gay men, we left at 1:30...two married couples.
we all went to the restaurant and ate lunch, commisserated about the meaning of it all and went home (the kids started to fall asleep in their food, it was about time to put them down for naps)>
thank you everyone for your love and support and thank you Gavin Newsom for starting this amazing act of love and civil disobedience.
photos in 'read more' link.
Our friends J and B, their sons and us:
the nice couple from Russian River (real estate brokers from North of here)
Emma meets a new friend, Noah, in line:
just another photo of J and B and sons... such a cute family:
Noah's Mom gets readied for marriage by his sister, while we all wait inside to get to the clerk's office:
Emma and M share a moment of reflection:
Emma and O share a moment of celebration:
a volunteer explains some things to Guy:
a great family we met in line;
friends of my parents we met in line... already married!!:
Emma and Noah discuss the meaning of it all:
a couple visiting from Switzerland.. and who knew a friend of ours from there!.. small world:
about to get married, Omar and Matthew inspect the mike, making sure it works:
Guy and I get MARRIED!
J and B get MARRIED!
the interview by the documentary filmers afterwards:
the crowds cheering the married couples as they left (it stretched both directions, too bad I don't have panarama):
View image
and a celebratory lunch... someone is very tired:
oh.. and the actual certificate.. WE ARE MARRIED
(i've got soooo many more photos.. i'll have to do a gallery or post them as i think of it)
the nice couple from Russian River (real estate brokers from North of here)
Emma meets a new friend, Noah, in line:
just another photo of J and B and sons... such a cute family:
Noah's Mom gets readied for marriage by his sister, while we all wait inside to get to the clerk's office:
Emma and M share a moment of reflection:
Emma and O share a moment of celebration:
a volunteer explains some things to Guy:
a great family we met in line;
friends of my parents we met in line... already married!!:
Emma and Noah discuss the meaning of it all:
a couple visiting from Switzerland.. and who knew a friend of ours from there!.. small world:
about to get married, Omar and Matthew inspect the mike, making sure it works:
Guy and I get MARRIED!
J and B get MARRIED!
the interview by the documentary filmers afterwards:
the crowds cheering the married couples as they left (it stretched both directions, too bad I don't have panarama):
View image
and a celebratory lunch... someone is very tired:
oh.. and the actual certificate.. WE ARE MARRIED
(i've got soooo many more photos.. i'll have to do a gallery or post them as i think of it)
Comments (82)
Awww, you made *me* cry! Congratulations!!!
Comment #346 on February 15, 2004 5:45 PM |
Mazeltov! Wonderful news!
Comment #347 on February 15, 2004 5:48 PM |
That is WONDERFUL! I am so thrilled for you, and awed by your part in this historic event. Congratulations!
Comment #348 on February 15, 2004 5:53 PM |
Double happiness!!
It does feel historic. I'm so glad you were able to take part in this today. You have made social history, and had a great day in the history of your family. Double happiness!!
I can't believe you are making me tear up. I'm a rock....
Comment #349 on February 15, 2004 5:59 PM |
tears in my eyes.
i've been checking back almost hourly to see when you posted. congratulations!!!!
Comment #350 on February 15, 2004 6:05 PM |
Oh Trey! I can't believe we missed you! I was sure you guys were done by the time we left (1ish). Anyway, I posted below - it was a most amazing day. I'm more than tempted to go back tomorrow (sans kids) and clap and cheer for those who remain. I just watched KGO's coverage and it was fabulous!
Many many congratulations and (this may sound weird) but I am SO PROUD!
Comment #351 on February 15, 2004 6:11 PM |
Congrats to your family!!!
Comment #352 on February 15, 2004 6:15 PM |
CONGRATULATIONS to you and your DP, Trey! I am so very happy for you, and for Emma too!
Comment #353 on February 15, 2004 6:23 PM |
Trey and DP - congratulations and best wishes for a wonderful married life. I was in tears reading this - what a momentous day and what a wonderful one!
Comment #354 on February 15, 2004 6:28 PM |
What a wonderful day! I am so happy for all of you!!!
Comment #355 on February 15, 2004 6:34 PM |
that guy in the purple shirt in your "panorama" shot was AMAZING! sometimes he was the only one clapping - he seemed to know when people were about to come out the doors. People were coming out the middle door and the far (as you're coming out of the building) right doors so you never knew exactly where people were going to come from and this guy was an incredible cheerleader - clapping and yelling way before the newlyweds actually opened the doors. :)
I'm glad (looking at your pics) that the lady with the Jesus picture was gone by the time you left. She was a bit of a downer. :(
Oh, Trey I'm so happy for you! Happy happy happy day!
Comment #356 on February 15, 2004 6:51 PM |
Oh, Trey!!! Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for you and Guy and Emma. :-D
{wiping away tears}
Comment #357 on February 15, 2004 6:57 PM |
I am so happy for you two! I cried reading your posts recently and I am so glad you were able to make your union legally official today. *cheers*
Comment #358 on February 15, 2004 6:58 PM |
CONGRATULATIONS!!! :) :) :) I am so happy for you guys!!!!
Comment #359 on February 15, 2004 7:30 PM |
Congrats, guys! Thank you for taking this amazing step and sharing it with us. :) Good luck!
Comment #360 on February 15, 2004 7:51 PM |
***sniiiiffff***
Beautiful, beautiful! :) I'm at a loss for words.
Congratulations to you, Guy and Emma. Thank you for sharing this great event with us.
Comment #361 on February 15, 2004 8:05 PM |
Trey, this was just beautiful to read! Seeing the pictures really made it all the more touching to see - the joy and love on everyone's faces there was so profound, it was the perfect testament to why gay marriage should be legal everywhere.
Wishing you and your *husband* a lifetime of love and happiness! :)
Comment #362 on February 15, 2004 8:15 PM |
I'm speechless. Congratulations. What a fabulous occasion!
Comment #363 on February 15, 2004 8:49 PM |
Came here through a link on another blog and I'm so glad I did! I am so happy for you two! It's a wonderful first step towards total legality for all married couples and I hope to goodness the trend continues.
Comment #364 on February 15, 2004 9:54 PM |
Reading your account of your wedding brought tears to my eyes and made me feel all warm and fuzzy. Best wishes to you and Guy. I am so happy that your were able to do this.
Comment #365 on February 15, 2004 10:30 PM |
I guess I'm a sap too...the joy and the intensitiy was palpable.
Comment #366 on February 15, 2004 11:33 PM |
I am so happy for you, and all the couples who have married in the last few days.
Comment #367 on February 15, 2004 11:50 PM |
That's wondeful to hear! Congrats to your whole family. :)
Comment #368 on February 15, 2004 11:54 PM |
oh... I'm almost choking up here myself. Only wish I had been able to be there. You are such a beautiful family, and inspiring in ways that I'm not sure you or Guy or Emma even realize. just, Thankyou... and... Congratulations!!!
Comment #369 on February 16, 2004 2:29 AM |
Congratulations!
Comment #370 on February 16, 2004 3:09 AM |
Your story got me a little choked up, but the pictures pushed me over the edge. I'm so happy for you. Congratulations again!
Comment #371 on February 16, 2004 4:45 AM |
::Weep:: Congratulations!
Comment #372 on February 16, 2004 5:34 AM |
Dear Trey, Guy, and Emma ~
Many congratulations on your marriage!! I am so very happy for your family. What an incredible day. Thanks so much for sharing it with us all.
What amazing news!!!!
blessings~
traci (from yaaps)
Comment #373 on February 16, 2004 6:01 AM |
Many Congratulations to you and Guy!!!
Krystyne
Comment #374 on February 16, 2004 6:32 AM |
Congratulations. I'm a sap too and I cried from about half way through this post. It must be thrilling to be part of such an historic event!
Comment #375 on February 16, 2004 6:46 AM |
Beautiful. Just beatiful. Congratulations to all of you. :) You have people all over this country just weeping with joy for you.
Comment #376 on February 16, 2004 7:57 AM |
Well, I guess that *I'm* a sap too, because I'm crying like a baby! Congratulations guys, I'm thrilled for you. :)
Comment #377 on February 16, 2004 8:02 AM |
Holy cow! I haven't been here in a couple days and boy have I been missing out on some exciting news!!! I am so happy for you, Guy and Emma! Congratulations...I love you!
Comment #378 on February 16, 2004 8:31 AM |
Cryin like a baby over here. I wish I could have been there with my kids to show them history in the making. Absolutely AMAZING. There is so much power in the stories from the last few days...the pictures just bring it all to life.
Trey, I know I have said it a dozen times in the last few days...but I am SO happy for you guys. Regardless of what the government does with all of this, you, Guy and Emma are officially a part of history. Congrats!!!!
Comment #379 on February 16, 2004 8:55 AM |
oh my gosh...the photo of all those people cheering for you gave me chills!!!!!! congratulations to you both!!
Comment #380 on February 16, 2004 9:02 AM |
((((Trey,Guy, & Emma)))) I am so happy for y'all!! And I was doing really well not crying, until I got to the pics of the 2 women who had been together for 51 years, and then I started bawling!! Here's to many great years for the three of you!! May all your dreams come true!! XOXO,Peg, Mike and Aidan :)
Comment #381 on February 16, 2004 9:19 AM |
Trey, I am so happy for you and your DH :-). Congratulations!
Comment #382 on February 16, 2004 10:28 AM |
I'm fighting back the tears as I write this, so I don't wake my baby up from her nap. Congratulations! Thanks so much for sharing those great pictures. You have a beautiful family.
Comment #383 on February 16, 2004 11:06 AM |
~*~*~CONGRATULATIONS!! ~*~*~ :-) I'm so, so happy for you!
Comment #384 on February 16, 2004 11:20 AM |
Congratulations to you and your very happy family!
Comment #385 on February 16, 2004 11:30 AM |
Congratulations! :-) I am so happy for you...and everyone married this weekend!
Comment #386 on February 16, 2004 12:21 PM |
Trey, Guy and Emma....
Words cannot express how happy and thrilled I am for you all. I wish you an entire lifetime of joy and happiness. ~*~*~*~CONGRATULATIONS!!!~*~*~* {happy tears}
Love, Debra
Comment #387 on February 16, 2004 12:31 PM |
I am so happy for all of you. Many hugs and kisses!
Comment #388 on February 16, 2004 12:35 PM |
It's always a good sign when a site can make me care enough about the person behind it that I cry on my first visit. You did that. :)
Congratulations on your marriage! I don't know you, but I'm so very, very happy for you!
Comment #389 on February 16, 2004 1:11 PM |
I am with Skrya - I have been teary eyed just thinking about this over the last two days. CNN is killing me. Everytime I check headlines, there San Fran is again and there I go again! Truly historic! It doesn't matter whether they yank it (well OF COURSE it does but then we just won't recognize THAT part), I think the most important revelation was the HUGE swell of support you all received.
Congratulations! Many, many happy years to you and Guy (and Emma and future siblings!).
Comment #390 on February 16, 2004 1:12 PM |
Trey, I posted my wishes to you both at YAAPS, but felt compelled to come here and say it again. I am so happy for you both, (and Emma!!) What a wonderful thing to happen, AND to participate in such a historic event! Congratulations!
Comment #391 on February 16, 2004 2:10 PM |
That is fan-flippin-tastic... CONGRATULATIONS... I'll add you to my list of friends who got married this weekend.. I'm SO HAPPY for you guys.. Wish I could have been there to meet y'all! :):)
Good for yoU! :)
Comment #392 on February 16, 2004 2:15 PM |
I am so very happy for you and your family. It was one of my dreams as a teen to throw a wedding for my Dads. I wish you every happiness in your marriage.
~Darlee, lucky daughter of two daddies.
Comment #393 on February 16, 2004 3:33 PM |
Congratulations!!! Trey, I am so happy for you. Your post brought tears to my eyes. How wonderful!! Best wishes to you both! (and Emma too!)
Comment #394 on February 16, 2004 4:18 PM |
Hau'oli! Congratulations to all you, Guy and Emma and to all of your friends as well.
Thank you for writing this. I was hoping you had been able to get in.
Now you have to come honeymoon on Maui!
Aloha kakou!
Keith
Comment #395 on February 16, 2004 4:23 PM |
Trey and Guy, CONGRATULATIONS! :) My husband Robert and I are truly happy for you and for all the folks that made their unions legal and wonderfully binding :) Its about time they allow this all over the world. Love is love and its great to see it be acknowledged legally in a wonderful family.
Emma has grown so much and is so beautiful! Our blessings to both of you!
Mellina & Rob
Comment #396 on February 16, 2004 6:04 PM |
*crying*
I've been watching it all on the news...looking for any of my friends I know...I didn't get a chance to go down to SF this weekend though to cheer all of you on...my husband and I both think this is a great step for the world :) Congrats to you. :)
Brooke
Comment #397 on February 16, 2004 7:01 PM |
OMGosh, CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am so happy for you all & just THRILLED to tears for you, Emma & Guy, and all the new MARRIED couples!!!
AMAZING, simply amazing! It's so AWESOME & I'm just in tears over here... of joy :-).
Happy Honeymoonin' to you guys :-D
punkin aka Angel from yaaps
Comment #398 on February 16, 2004 7:27 PM |
Congratulations. Knowing that you two are married with a certificate in hand makes it all so real for us!! Thanks for sharing this good news. We love you guys/gays and Emma.
Love,
Gary and Millie
Comment #399 on February 16, 2004 10:42 PM |
I'm crying! I'm so happy for you & your family. Congratulations!
Comment #400 on February 16, 2004 11:10 PM |
I'm not only glad I am really HAPPY for you !!
Such a cute couple like you is the dream of a lot of people, you make me strong to get acceptation of my family,that's an emotional occasion !
CONGRATULATIONS you GUYS !!!!
Your Angelito from Heidelberg
Comment #401 on February 17, 2004 12:22 AM |
You made me sit here crying. Heartfelt Congratulations!
Lilli from Cologne
Comment #402 on February 17, 2004 6:21 AM |
Many blessings on your marriage! I am overwhelmed for you.
Comment #403 on February 17, 2004 6:43 AM |
Picture me at my desk at eBay with a gigantic smile on my face! Love you, incredibly happy for you. Way to go!
-Brian
Comment #404 on February 17, 2004 9:41 AM |
Congratulations.
I'm married, too. With an adopted little girl named Gracey. My wife and I have been married for 13 years, but I remember the feeling pretty well. I can't imagine what it would be like to have the 2 halves of the experience separated by years. (Vows and commitments vs. legal standing).
God, I hope the Supremes keep their spines when these marriages get challenged.
Thanks for posting this. I've been pretty down about how Dean's campaign has faltered. I can't tell you how much it cheers me to see positive news in the world.
Good luck to you and your family.
Comment #405 on February 17, 2004 10:27 AM |
1. Nachricht (nur von Andreas):
love you, kiss you, miss you!
Comment #406 on February 17, 2004 10:36 AM |
How wonderful!!!Your message struck me twice. Because of the good news it brought and because of Emma's pictures-my God I hope I'll manage to see her before she can a drive a car!!! She's grown up! I would like to see more!!!!
How are you guys?
Ok, some news from me: you wouldn't believe it, but I am in Heidelberg again!!! Sitting in the EMBL library. My year in Paris was spent last October wehn I returned to my little flat on Panoramastrasse. I enjoyed the parisian life, the lab a little less. Now I am working as a freelance writer and I'll start a new post-doc this coming academic year. When I left Paris, Heidelberg seemed the most sensible place to go back to, although I won't stay for long.
It was great to hear your news and I'll try to improve my conduct in e-mail replying.
I will come to visit one day.I would be happy to see the netire family and I have never been to San Francisco.
Warm hugs,
Giovanni
Comment #407 on February 18, 2004 10:13 AM |
Oh! we are happy for you all! as the words in english are not enough to express our joy, here you have a couple of sentences in our favorite lenguages:
Felicidades!!! Ojala Emma aprenda español algun dia para que reviva la emoción que experimentamos en estos dias y que quisiera trasmitirle con estas lineas. Tienes unos padres increiblemente valiosos!!!!
Kinder machen das Leben mit Sicherheit reicher.Jetzt hat Euer liebes kleines Mäuschen verheiratete Eltern. Herzlichen Glückwunsch.Wir wünschen Euch von ganzem Herzen ein gutes,gesegnetes familiäres Gelingen. .........(wenn das der Führer wüsste...).
Con amor und Liebe,
Marcus (a/u)nd Julio
Comment #408 on February 18, 2004 12:34 PM |
We love you and wanted to tell you congratulations again. Sounds like an amazing experience - what a memorable wedding day! Now you have 2 wonderful anniversaries to celebrate :)
Comment #409 on February 19, 2004 11:31 PM |
Dear Warren,Guy, and Emma,
Congratulations!!!! We are so excited for you! The 3 of you make us so proud to call you family! We love you so much and wish you all the happiness that life has to offer.
Love Always,
Beth, Terry, Kiana, Jasmine, & Kayla
Comment #410 on February 21, 2004 8:23 AM |
Woohoo!!! Congratulations! Truly happy for you and your spouse!
Thanks also for visiting my site -- and I'll be checking back to yours often!
Comment #411 on March 11, 2004 3:37 AM |
I was so touched by this story and I look forward to getting married to my partner next year.I love him so much and want to spend the rest of my life and all eternity with him.
We have decided to wait till next year for proper planning because we both have to save money,besides we live in different countries.
Thank you for inspiring me through your story,may God bless you.
Comment #412 on May 31, 2004 11:47 AM |
have not the teachings of the church taught you idiots anything?! Adam and eve not steve! Believe me your end will not be pretty and gay! ........and its coming soon, sorry.
Comment #413 on August 3, 2004 7:15 AM |
have not the teachings of the church taught you idiots anything?! Adam and eve not steve! Believe me your end will not be pretty and gay! ........and its coming soon, sorry.
Comment #414 on August 3, 2004 7:15 AM |
Even i got married on 15feb 2004
so we share the same date
wish you all the best in the future
Comment #415 on August 17, 2004 7:21 AM |
Just stumbled onto this site - I'm not Mormon, I'm Jewish. But how nice to see how happy you all look in the pictures. Best of luck to both of you!
Comment #416 on August 27, 2004 2:54 PM |
Hey guys, I think it was a while back I saw you on the news, and thought wow those guys are so handsome and so fortunate. Now as I am browsing the internet I found your photo and info. Congratulations. I used to live in Utah, too bad we had not met, sound like such wonderful guys.
I myself am a member of the church and I am single, and have had three foster boys in my home.
WEll best close. If ever visting WA State look me up. Skip
Comment #417 on October 28, 2004 5:00 PM |
Congratulations! May God grant you many years and all the very best! Opa kai chrónia polá!
Comment #418 on October 30, 2004 3:17 PM |
I am weeping. (Extremely belated) congratulations and every happiness to you!
Comment #419 on November 1, 2004 2:18 PM |
I am so happy for you guys. It has been my dream for so long to get married. I am only 18, but it is people like you who make it possible and made it possible for my generation to really express and be themselves. Congratulations!
Comment #420 on November 25, 2004 11:13 PM |
Congratulations to you both! Fabulous!
I can only hope that one day I will feel as you did that day...(provided that dud in office doesn't have his way).
But I digress - many happy returns and all that - I hope you daughter appreciates her daddies' happiness, too.
Comment #421 on December 3, 2004 9:08 AM |
You are definitely NOT a sap. I don't even know you and I was bawling! I imagine that this was a day you will never forget. Many, many congratulations!
Comment #422 on May 27, 2005 9:27 PM |
I am amazed by the courage the gay couples took.
Comment #423 on October 14, 2005 4:52 PM |
Hi Trey,
I was searching for quotes about adoption for a project I am working on, and I really like yours, "she is our child, in our hearts, our souls and in the court records". I would like to quote you, but I wanted to make sure that was ok. I do not know your last name either, so you can email me to let me know if it's ok, and if so, what your last name is. Thanks...
Kelly m
Comment #424 on June 11, 2006 2:17 PM |
definitely a bit mistly reading that!
i hope me and my partner follow suit soon.
Comment #425 on June 25, 2006 6:28 AM |
I shed a tear, too.
How lovely. I hope that we get a change of government here in Australia so that the states can enact gay marriage legislation without it being overturned. Belated congratulations.
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Comment #426 on August 20, 2006 8:48 AM |
like the pics and congrads. Nice to have a partner for you both.
Comment #29854 on August 31, 2007 12:49 PM |