Weddings Redefined

Stories and advice from Bernadette Smith, visionary owner of 14 Stories, the nation's first firm specializing in creating legal LGBT weddings. Our weddings are unique, personal, beautiful and still, historical. We have offices in Boston and New York.

Your Gay Wedding in a Church or Chapel

Bernadette Coveney Smith - Wednesday, September 08, 2010
There is something in the air this week.  I had a wedding this past Saturday at Old South Church and heard from three other couples just this week, also interested in a church ceremony.  That's pretty unusual for me as most of my clients prefer secular ceremonies, but I'm really psyched because I absolutely love a church wedding.

Jen and I grew up Catholic and the sense of ritual and tradition that goes along with the ceremony is something that deeply resonates with both of us...

Here's an amateur photo from Saturday's wedding of the Boston Gay Men's Chorus warming up at Old South.  Why or why not would you want to have your same-sex wedding ceremony in a church?


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K & A commented on 10-Sep-2010 10:00 PM
Since my partner is Catholic and I was raised in the South, church was a big part of our growing up. Inthese times, when we have to travel 1,000 miles to get married in a state where its lega1, a church wedding just gives our legal ceremony that one step further that really makes it feel like the weddings of our childhood. Not to mention, we think our parents will have more respect for a ceremony that takes place in a church. We look forward to working with you and having our wedding at Old South Church!
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Episcopal Weddings

Bernadette Coveney Smith - Monday, November 30, 2009
Good news for gay couples in Eastern Massachusetts.  If you are so inclined, you may now have your marriage ceremony officiated by an Episcopal Priest.

Previously, Episcopal Priests could bless the ceremony but not actually sign the marriage license.  I saw this firsthand this year when a client had their wedding blessed by the Episcopal Priest but the pronouncement of marriage made by a Justice of the Peace.  The JP also signed the license.

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw III is the local Episcopal Bishop who made this decision, but it only affects churches within his jurisdiction, which is only Eastern Massachusetts.

Are you considering having an Episcopal Priest officiate at your wedding ceremony?


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