They were among the sights and sounds of Monday to seven same-sex couples in the Charlotte area were featured after married Sunday in Washington, DC
Three clergywomen Charlotte who chaired the group also participated in the celebration of marriage / press conference in Charlotte Holy Alliance United Church of Christ.
One of them, the Rev. Nancy Allison, who hosted Monday's event challenged other local ministers to openly welcome homosexuals into the church and join the campaign to make gay and lesbian marriage is legal in North Carolina - as in five states and District of Columbia.
Some ministers do not seem to support gay marriage and congratulate the couple. The Rev. Jay Leach, pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, gave the blessing. And the Rev. Stephen Shoemaker, pastor of Myers Park Baptist Church, told the meeting that the group marriage was "a sign that God's love is for all -. And I mean all"
Glenn, who has been with his partner of more than 25 years, said that her marriage to Washington - his hometown - "renewed my faith in our country." But he refused to give his full name or his partner, "because there are those who do not understand, who can choose to do evil. "
Myra Diuguid, a lesbian who is 65, spoke with tears on her Jewish wedding Sunday at his partner of nearly 22 years, whom she would identify only by his Yiddish name - ". Ahova"
"It was pure joy," Diuguid said. "I took the love of my life in my life - for better or for worse."
Seven couples belonged to the same group marriage on Sunday, but all participated in the private rituals of their priests. Three religious representatives were Reform Judaism, Unitarian Universalist and United Church of Christ. All three religions of the clergy to marry gays and lesbians. But many religions do not. Referring to the steps that other religions claim that the homosexual sexual behavior is a sin and marriage is a union between man, woman and God
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