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marriage equality

Being the Lesbian in Brideland, Farmtown, Indiana.

Being the Lesbian in Brideland, Farmtown, Indiana.

Tribesmaid Caitlin wrote this post on how it feels to be girl engaged to another girl surrounded by girls engaged to boys.

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How to use your straight marriage certificate to make a point about gay marriage

We got our marriage license today! Very exciting, but I floated out of the Probate Court Office and realized that I wanted to let someone know my thoughts on Ohio’s ban of same sex marriage. So I’m planning on turning in this letter with my marriage certificate in the hopes that the powers that be see it and pass it on…

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Sarah & Adam’s chilled out, nature-bound Sunday wedding

Sarah & Adam had strong thoughts on marriage equality in their ceremony. So instead of taking a wedding and picking out the parts they didn’t like. They built their wedding from scratch.

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Marriage equality issues with hetero ceremonies in Australia

Sarah posted this on the Kiwi & Aussie Brides Group over on the Tribe. It’s an issue that we’re sure lots of Aussie couples are struggling with, and one that unfortunately impacts couples worldwide.

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Our Formal Feminist NON-LEGAL commitment ceremony

The offbeat bride: Lith, Pregnancy and Postpartum Doula Her offbeat partner: Ealesy, Community Corrections Officer Location & date of wedding: Tecoma Pavilion in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia on February 24th, 2007 What made our wedding offbeat: I planned our wedding in a total of 9 days! Our wedding was not a legally recognised […]

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Molly & Laurie’s Island Outdoor Lesbian Yes-We-Can Wedding

We had a Ring Warming during the ceremony where the rings were passed around and guests were asked to take a moment to hold them, infuse them with their physical, emotional, and spiritual warmth…