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Yesterday I attended my first gay wedding, that of my friend Ray to his partner of 7 years, Jeff. I was there the night they met, and was there when they cemented this union (legally and spiritually) in front of perhaps 120 friends and family members. The photo above (taken with my friends Camera phone) was just minutes after the ceremony. It was completely amazing from start to finish.
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I am so proud to be a baystater, and that the day has come where two men (or women) can unite legally. I understand there is a movement in Boston to reverse this "privledge" (not that it should be considered as such) but I have faith nothing will come of it in the end.
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Halloween 1999 (The Pub, Springfield, MA.) Ray and I, he had just met Jeff at that point, who had designed Ray's Monk costume. I was trying to be a soccer player (although nobody got it) We were drunk, can you tell?
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I know he won't read this (he has no idea I have a blog) but I wanted to upload and dedicate a song to him, one that he so loves (we are both rabid Tori Amos fans). It's a bside and the title is:
click below to play or right-click to save
Sugar
(recorded live May 6, 1996 Montreal, The DDI Tour, my favorite)
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Hope to catch ya tomorrow evening. I'll give ya a call.
Yeah, I can tell you were drunk in the photo, I'm just wondering if you were drunk when you were making the costume. :)
HUGS
P.S. I SO knew you were soccer player! :)
bring me many things...