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Rob Killian settled in Tacoma, Wa. Source: Affinity, July-August 1996, pp. 3-4. On a hill overlooking the Puget Sound and the City of Seattle, two of our own exchanged vows of commitment and love and were sealed together forever by their love and their friends and family members this past weekend. Scott MacKay and Michael Lambert met at the Seattle Affirmation just one year ago. Michael, dressed in "low drag" <GRIN> as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz was delivering "Dorothygrams" when he kept having to deliver the mail to Scott and they finally made a connection—a connection that now has been publicly celebrated. A lot of rhetoric surrounds gay and lesbian weddings. The rhetoric comes from within and without our community. But, seeing the sight of Scott's five daughters escorting their father and new step-father down the "aisle" of the wedding garden brought tears of pride, joy, and celebration. Marriage is about love and family. Those five daughters, with smiles a mile wide and beauty radiating for all to see, showed by their simple acts of love and support that the pundits can all go to hell—This is about LOVE first and foremost. And, love is beautiful. I will never forget the first queer Mormon wedding I ever attended in Las Vegas as Carmen and Jane were joined together forever by their love for one another and their friends surrounding them on the be-ginning of that journey. On that day, Scott MacKay, stated how much he desired a man to stand with and make public vows, to take home to his daughters and share a family together. Scott visualized his miracle and it has come true. Michael, the oldest of six Lambert children, thought his dreams of being a parent died with his coming out, with the realization that he was gay. Yet, there on that holy ground of the wedding garden, he promised to love, support, and care for these young women and their father. I send my congratulations to the new couple and wish you all had been able to witness this wonderful event. May many more of us have the courage to stand before family and friends and vow to love a partner some day--Love makes a family.
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