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Gay Wedding Officiants in San Francisco, CA, USA. Heartfelt Weddings offers Gay wedding ceremonies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. We fully support the right of same sex couples to marry, and love working with them on their wedding day.
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Gay Wedding Event Location in San Francisco, CA, USA: At Hornblower Cruises & Events you’ll find the perfect setting for an event as memorable as the occasion itself. Hornblower features San Francisco’s most elegant fleet of luxury yachts that can accommodate anything from intimate commitment ceremonies of 20 to a larger group of 2,200. Each Cruise is a celebration of imaginative cuisines, spectacular views, and first class service.
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San Francisco’s recently-installed Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone gave an interview to USA Today on his opposition to marriage equality. The gist? Letting gays marry would turn all of society into inner city Oakland:
When I was Bishop of Oakland, I lived at a residence at the Cathedral, overlooking Lake Merritt. It’s very beautiful. But across the lake, as the streets go from 1st Avenue to the city limits at 100th Avenue, those 100 blocks consist entirely of inner city neighborhoods plagued by fatherlessness and all the suffering it produces: youth violence, poverty, drugs, crime, gangs, school dropouts, and incredibly high murder rates. Walk those blocks and you can see with your own eyes: A society that is careless about getting fathers and mothers together to raise their children in one loving family is causing enormous heartache.
To legalize marriage between two people of the same sex would enshrine in the law the principle that mothers and fathers are interchangeable or irrelevant, and that marriage is essentially an institution about adults, not children; marriage would mean nothing more than giving adults recognition and benefits in their most significant relationship.
Got that? Keep in mind, this is from the man who was pulled over for drunk driving last year.
Just got this from our partner Marriage Equality USA – learn how to discuss marriage equality with friends and family:
We are living in exciting times! At the end of the month the Supreme Court will hear the Proposition 8 (Prop 8) and Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). California Faith for Equality is proud to offer four opportunities throughout March around California to help prepare you to speak with your friends and family about equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Using research-based messaging participants will learn new information and skills that will enable them to move minds and hearts to support equality AND participate in ongoing research. We hope that you will join us at one of these sessions!
* Sunday, March 10 in Sacramento training sponsored by CF4E, Soulforce and St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
From 1pm-3pm. (Sandwich bar available at 12:30)
At St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 2391 Saint Mark’s Way Sacramento, CA.
RSVP here or via email to info@cafaithforequality.org
* Monday, March 11 in El Dorado County training sponsored by CF4E and Federated Church’s Neighbors Group
From 6:30-8:30 pm
At Federated Church’s Price Hall, 1031 Thompson Way Placerville, CA
RSVP via email to info@cafaithforequality.org
* Saturday, March 16 in Los Angeles training sponsored by the Breakthrough Coalition
From 9am-12:30 (Continental breakfast at 9am, training begins at 9:30am)
Location TBA
RSVP here or via email to info@cafaithforequality.org
(When you RSVP to the above link you will also receive location information via email)
* Saturday, March 23 in San Francisco training sponsored by the Breakthrough Coalition
From 9am-12:30 (Continental breakfast at 9am, training begins at 9:30am)
Location TBA
RSVP here or via email to info@cafaithforequality.org
(When you RSVP to the above link you will also receive location information via email)
There are many queer people who are deeply religious and actively involved in their faith communities. The number of religious communities that openly welcome and support LGBT congregants is growing, but news of this is not reaching the greater society. Breakthrough 2 Love is trying to change that. This campaign is based on “The Breakthrough Conversation” – and idea that change happens when people of faith have open and honest conversations about LGBT inclusion and equality with their friends and family.
The Coalition of Welcoming Congregations of the Bay Area, a program of California Faith for Equality, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry,The Umoja Project and Progressive Christians Uniting are teaming up in coalition to encourage local congregations to speak and live out inclusive love beginning the weekend of Valentine’s Day (Feb 15-17) through the end of Pride month (June 30).
Clergy and faith leaders! Register your congregation here.
Everyone can join the social media campaign! There are memes, Facebook cover photos and more all available here. You can even get your own customized meme by following these instructions.
Joe.my.God has this tidbit from “San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore “DUI” Cordileone”:
“Legislating for the right for people of the same sex to marry is like legalising male breastfeeding.”
Enjoy.
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As a happily married gay man, I know how special your wedding day is to you, your friends, and families. It will be special to me as well, and I will be honored to be a part of your day. Because your wedding day is so special to you and your families on so many levels, you photography must be far more than merely having someone there to take pictures.
My warm, personal, and relaxed manner, my artist’s eye, my organization and attention to your needs and your guests’, will make the photography a memorable part of your day. And because my very experienced assistant is also my husband, you will have an added bonus: photographers who are family, comfortable and easy with you and your loved ones.
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As we oh-so-anxiously await tomorrow’s news from the Supreme Court, Buzzfeed reporter Chris Geidner notes that the city of San Francisco is asking for a 24-hour advance notice on the possible ruling that again allows same-sex weddings in California.
The city asked for the notice in a letter from Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese M. Stewart to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
Concerned about being “deluged by same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses” and “large gatherings, including protesters” after a ruling that would allow same-sex couples to once again marry in California, Stewart asked for the 24-hour notice so the city could coordinate the “substantial” logistical efforts involved.
See the Full Story at Joe.My.God
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San Francisco’s Department of Public Health has voted to start covering the cost of gender-reassignment surgery for residents, reports the AP.
Under the city’s 5-year-old universal health-care plan, Healthy San Francisco, it will offer genital reconstruction, mastectomies and other surgeries associated with transitioning. Hormones, health screenings and counseling are already provided.
“The community felt the exclusion on Healthy San Francisco was discriminatory and we wanted to change that as the first step,’ said Public Health Director Barbara Garcia, who acknowledged studies would have to be done to determine many people would need surgeries, the cost involved with the procedures, and other factors, before implementing such a program.
Authored By Dan Avery – See the Full Story at Queerty
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