Our Stories

Working and advocating for the right to marry involves much more than political strategy and religious rhetoric. Marriage is about us, about our stories of love and commitment, stories about building and nurturing families. Marriage is also about the wide range of committed relationships and families that don't always "fit" in the standard cultural category of "marriage" yet still deserve to be honored and recognized as life-giving.

This portion of the CLGS Marriage Project is dedicated to putting human faces on this political and religious issue by offering just a sample of our stories. Some of these stories will be about civil unions and traditional liturgical rites; others will remind us of the vast diversity of relationships and commitments in our various communities. In any case, these are the stories behind the highly-charged political discourse in our country about marriage, stories to remind us about what's at stake in in this debate.

Stories

	Better to Marry? by Dr. Mary E. Hunt
	What Makes a Marriage Sacred? Reflections of a Pastor by Rev. Terri Echelbarger
	Reflections of Priest in Brigadoon: Getting Married in San Francisco by Rev. Rosa Lee Harden Episcopal Priest, Vicar of Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church
	Notes from a Bride by Anita Cadonau-Huseby An Open Letter About Marriage by Anita Cadonau-Huseby
	Why this Baptist Minister Supports Marriage Equality by Jim Lowder Executive Director, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
	"Arms Encircling" and "Valentine's Day 2004" by Rik Fire Ministerial Intern with the Ecumenicon Fellowship

Submissions

We invite you to submit your stories about marriage, civil unions, liturgical rites, committed relationships, and what these various configurations of commitment mean to you, to your friends, to your community. Visit Submissions & Suggestions for more information about submissions.