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We Marry All Loving Couples
Unitarian Universalist Minister Church Weddings for Gays and LesbiansWe believe in committed love. Our church Sanctuary, ministers, and reception halls are available to all couples for weddings. We have posted pictures and information about our wedding services and facilities. We invite couples considering marriage to contact facilities coordinator Jay Roller at 415.776.4580 extension 202 to talk about your plans. Special Events Starting June 17, 2008The Society celebrated and cheered the couples who picked up marriage licenses and wed at City Hall Tuesday, June 17th. Pictures and videos of the ceremonies and rampant happiness are being edited and posted. We'll post links to them as they're published. Wedding Gifts As Couples Wed at City HallClergy and lay members of the of our Society gathered starting at 8 am to deliver wedding (CUP)cakes and other gifts to those waiting in line at City Hall on this historic day. We created a Wedding Festival on the grass with music, decorations, and flowers. In clerical robes and in street clothes we gave witness to the religious imperative to celebrate love without judgment and faith without limits. Members Met in 1978, Marry June 17, 2008 Don Williams and David Jones met in 1978. This photo shows them that year in San Francisco. On June 17, 2008 – 30 years later – they legally married. When they came out of the clerk's office, Senior Minister Rev. Gregory Stewart married them at City Hall in a public ceremony held in front of a bust of Harvey Milk.
After the ceremony and media interviews, the wedding party moved the celebration to the plaza across the street. A rainbow-colored wedding cake, donated by Little Lover's Fine Cupcakes of Livermore Throughout the day the congration gave religious witness to the cause of marriage equality. On the Sunday before their marriage, the story of Don and David's up-coming wedding opened the 5 pm newscast on KTVU-Channel 2 Society members proclaimed our inclusive vision on NPR radio, Univision Channel 14, an Associated Press dispatch Online photo diaries of the day from the community: Same-Sex Weddings are of part our Congregation's HistoryThe ministers of this Society have been uniting all loving couples for over 40 years. Since the early 1960's our clergy and Members have consistently welcomed same-sex and different-sex partners into our liberal religious community. 
Members and their families pose for a wedding memory in the church courtyard. We will continue to celebrate this tradition. Our Membership has repeatedly taken a moral stand for marriage equality.
The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA Now, in addition to offering spiritual blessings of union in front of friends and family, we are able to say that for all loving couples our ceremonies will be legal weddings. We are very happy to be able to add this statement to our spiritual blessings. More Information on California Same Sex MarriagesAdditional Resources |
Over 100 members of the community in witnessed the marriage and cheered!