This Sunday, I was in Austin, Texas attending a baby shower, so I didnt go to Meeting. Next weekend, I'll be in San Francisco, also for a shower, and wont be attending again. So for both Mondays, I have culled whispers from the internet on the subject of Quaker weddings.
This description comes from a writer who has experienced the ex-gay movement firsthand. I was struck by how much this particular wedding contributed to what I'm sure has been a long, slow healing.
My favorite quote is, "Quakers do their wedding ceremonies much different than most of us are used to. Yet most of us really liked it!" One of my biggest fears is that the unknown will make people mostly nervous, but maybe that fear, like most, is unfounded.
Of note in his description is the fact that everyone in attendance introduced themselves before the ceremony started -- 100 plus people! This isnt a Quaker tradition, but I am really excited by this idea! I once attended a panel discussion on Black poetry in which the facilitator decided off-the-cuff that everyone should introduce themselves. There mightve been 200 plus people there. We spent half an hour, of the hour-long event going around saying our name and why we came. For such a mundane thing, it was really uplifting.
2 days ago
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Hey, d-ray. Let's both make an extra special effort to talk to each other by phone in the next two or so days.
But if we forget and we don't see each other til friday...I want you to know that Elizabeth...your fellow baby shower planner is also having a quaker wedding. So you all should talk.
can't wait to see you.
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