| Gay and lesbian marriage is now the legal in New York and Massachusetts, and I officiate in both states!
Everyone deserves the right to declare their love and celebrate with family and friends. My partner and I got married in Canada and Massachusetts before it was legal in New York, so I understand how important it is to celebrate a legal marriage.
The elements of a gay or lesbian wedding ceremony are really no different from a wedding ceremony for a straight couple, but there may be desired nuances. I understand those nuances and can help create a ceremony and make recommendations that reflect your needs.
Your ceremony can be anything you want it to be. Throw away old ideas about what a ceremony should include, and start fresh! After all, this is a historical time for gay and lesbian rights!
Through a series of meetings and questionnaires, I will get to know who you are, as individuals and as a couple. I will learn about how you met, your love story, what you love about each other, and what your hopes and dreams are for the future.
We will discuss family, cultural, and other traditions that reflect your story. We may discover practices you were not aware of that will enhance your ceremony. As your Celebrant, I will guide you in the creation of a ceremony that is perfect for you! We will discuss how family and friends may be included. I will research traditions, vows, poems, readings, music, including the time-honored and the original. We may even invent our own! The sky is the limit!
You will have full approval of your entire ceremony, and I will give you a beautiful keepsake copy that you can treasure forever. Perhaps you will want to read it together each year on your anniversary, or resurrect it for a future milestone anniversary.
What are you waiting for? Call me!
(You may also visit this website by going to www.gaynewyorkcityweddings.com)
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| Valerie with life partner Joan |
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| We wanted a very simple and short wedding ceremony, but were not thrilled
about having it at City Hall. Most of the websites I found were full of various “wedding
packages” that included photographers, rehearsals, etc. Val’s website
was simple and stated that she performed any desired type of ceremony.
What a great choice! The original draft of the ceremony was provided
and, with the exception of our changing a few words, was exactly what we
wanted: simple, brief, and light-hearted. She was somehow able to put
this together based on a simple questionnaire to which we had responded.
When the “big day” arrived, the ceremony was wonderful. Everyone at
our wedding talked about the ceremony
all afternoon and complimented on how simple and friendly it was and how
she had a great sense of humor that seemed to match our environment as
well. We can honestly say that we would not change one thing about that
day and thank Valerie for her role in that. - John and Michael
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Copyright Valerie Coleman 2008-2012
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