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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Images by Misti Layne, San Francisco

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Periodically we’ll feature one of our vendors here to let our readers know about some great people who can help you plan the perfect wedding.

Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Images by Misti Layne, San FranciscoMisti Layne is a San Francisco and destination photographer who creates fashionable, exquisite wedding art photography that will capture the heart of your wedding day. She photographs gay weddings, family portraits, pregnancy and engagement portraitsm documenting the many steps in her clients’ lives.

She draws upon her experience in fashion, life and photography, as well as her journalistic and documentary experience, to create a unique and exciting look to capture the vibrant, individual character of your wedding.

Her photographs are not posed, instead capturing the spontaneous nature of your wedding. She cherishes her own personal photo albums more than anything, and she hopes the candid and portrait photographs she takes at your wedding are just the begging for you, documenting the start of your lives together. She’d like to be your photographer for life, not just for your wedding.

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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Ceremonies and Celebrations, San Francisco

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

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Ceremonies and Celebrations San FranciscoWelcome to Ceremonies and Celebrations, with Irene Kane, Officiant. Whether you are marrying your partner of many years or are newly committed, your ceremony will be heartfelt, joyous and uniquely yours.

As a Deputy Marriage Commissioner at San Francisco City Hall, I had the privilege of participating in the same sex weddings of February 2004. I will always remember the excitement and high energy which transformed the rotunda and surrounding offices. People from all over the world sent notes of congratulations, corsages, boutonnieres and tiered wedding cakes for couples and their families to enjoy.

While I will participate as needed at City Hall, I am authorized to marry couples as a non-denominational minister. I help you select a picturesque location in one of our many parks or areas with well-known backdrops. Alternately I can come to your hotel suite or suggest a restaurant to have a private ceremony for you and your guests. Having lived in San Francisco for over 30 years I know some famous and lesser known sights to make your wedding memorable.

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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Swedenborgian Church, San Francisco

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

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Swedenborgian Church, San FranciscoImagine the dance of light from candles and wood burning fireplace in the chapel, a beautiful landmark venue and flower filled garden, the perfect ceremony, the perfect day. We invite you to celebrate your special occasion at the Swedenborgian Church, located in famous Pacific Heights, San Francisco and designated an historic landmark.

Our caring minister, talented musicians and hostess are available to make your celebration special. Our cozy Parish House is available for your reception.

Built in 1895 in Pacific Heights by a coterie of artists, architects and spiritual seekers, the historic Swedenborgian Church is rustic and charming in the Arts and Crafts tradition. There’s a huge brick fireplace inside and, lit with candles, the interior is exceptionally beautiful and serene. Floors, walls and ceilings are wood, and the arching overhead beams are good-sized madrone tree trunks. In lieu of conventional pews, handmade Mission-style maple chairs are provided.

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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Weddings Preferred, San Francisco

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Weddings Preferred, San FranciscoPeriodically we’ll feature one of our vendors here to let our readers know about some great people who can help you plan the perfect wedding.

Your wedding, your way, at your place of choice. I have vows available for you from my years as a Deputy Marriage Clerk; Assistant Marriage Commissioner; and State Marriage Commissioner as well as some recent vows.
I have trained many persons to perform weddings.

I will write new vows for your approval. After we agree on a date, then I will send you information about obtaining a license and getting certified copies of your completed license and fees.

Weddings may take place in San Francisco, and outlying areas including Sacramento and Northern California.

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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Parker Guest House, San Francisco

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

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Parker Guest House, San FranciscoWelcome to the Castro’s Parker Guest House, the highest-rated gay and lesbian guest house in San Francisco.
Although we don’t hold actual wedding ceremonies on-site, we’re the perfect place for gay and lesbian newlyweds to celebrate their honeymoons here in the City by the Bay.

We are a twenty-one room hotel in San Francisco’s Gay Castro District, just steps from Market street and the F-Line, historic street cars that can take you down to Union Square, Fisherman’s Wharf, SOMA and Pier 39.

Our guest services include an extended continental breakfast, an afternoon wine social, welcoming public rooms, gardens, sunning areas and even a steam spa.

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CA: Valentine’s Day Marriage Equality Protest at SF City Hall

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

SF City HallFlowers are always nice. And substantial jewelry or securing a 7:15 reso at Flour + Water might guarantee at least a month of passion. But for our money, being detained for protesting of your inability to marry your sweetheart might be the most sincere display of devotion we’ve heard yet.

On Valentine’s Day, at least eight same-sex marriage advocates were detained for staging a sit-in at the San Francisco County Clerks Office, protesting marriage inequality, according to SF Appeal.

The protest has become an annual event since 1999, and advocates continued the tradition on Tuesday. According to KTVU, about 30 people gathered outside of City Hall, holding signs reading, “We all deserve the freedom to marry.” One was written on a Valentine heart.

Full Story from the Huffington Post

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CA: Big San Francisco Rally Planned for Day of Ninth Circuit Prop 8 Decision

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Prop 8 DecisionThe Ninth Circuit has completed all hearings and briefing in the Prop 8 case and could rule at any time. San Francisco is prepared -see Plan below.

Since proposition 8 was passed and then challenged in the California and Ninth Circuit Courts, the San Francisco LGBT community has rallied and protested outside each and every hearing, with activists and politicians standing on court steps calling for equality, and vowing to continue the fight until the last drop of legal discrimination in California. This time the LGBT community and allies will come out in great numbers either protest or celebrate the ruling.

If a ruling favors same-sex marriage, marriages are not likely to start immediately, as it is highly likely a stay will be ruled. That will not stop couples showing up with offciants, families and friends to conduct ceremonies on City Hall steps. It promises to be a noisy day, either way. Below in red, is a plan for the day as provided by Marriage Equality USA in tandem with other organizations.

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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Hornblower Cruises and Events, San Francisco

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

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Hornblower Cruises and Events, San FranciscoImagine entrusting your love yo your partner under San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Bridge. Invite your friends and family to witness your long-awaited wedding, while Hornblower’s uniformed Captain performs your ceremony.

Hornblower is very gay friendly and welcomes gay and lesbian couples. Our bay cruises offer an only-in-San Francisco experience complete with fantastic cuisine and views of the area’s most well-known sights.

Imagine your wedding or reception on a Hornblower yacht, surrounded by the beautiful sights of the San Francisco Bay, including Alcatraz Island and the San Francisco skyline.

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San Francisco Asks for Advance Notice of Prop 8 Decision from Ninth Circuit

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Prop 8 RulingIn a highly unusual letter, the City of San Francisco wrote the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit yesterday requesting advance notice of any decision upholding or striking down California’s anti-gay Proposition 8:

In several prior instances when decisions have been issued relating to the marriage rights of same-sex couples, there have been large gatherings, including protesters, at the courthouses and in the Civic Center area of San Francisco…

In any instance where crowds of protesters gather, and particularly where the issue is as emotional and contested as this one, it is helpful for the San Francisco Police Department to be aware of the gathering in advance to plan for and deploy an adequate number of officers to the areas where protests are likely to occur. We would therefore be grateful if the Court could provide advance notice of its intention to issue its decision in this case.

Full Story from Think Progress

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Rally Tomorrow in San Francisco Before Prop 8 Hearing

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Prop 8 HearingOn Thursday, December 8, a three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on the efforts to release video of the Prop. 8 trial as well as the anti-gay proponent ProtectMarriage motion to throw out the case.

Same-sex couples allies and family will hold a “Free the Tapes” and “Motion to Marry” rally on the steps of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Building at 1:00 pm on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, immediately preceding the Ninth Circuit’s hearing on whether videotapes of the Prop. 8 trial should be made public and whether the trial court’s exhaustive decision invalidating Prop. 8 should be overturned because the trial judge was gay and in a long term relationship. The hearing itself will begin at 2:30 pm and last 2 hours.

The hearing will be delayed broadcast and will have remote viewing that include locations in Pasadena, Portland and Seattle.

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