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Vermont Gay Weddings

Bernadette Coveney Smith - Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Jen and I just returned from a beautiful wintery weekend in Vermont.  I led a workshop for wedding vendors on the nuances of working with same-sex couples and on gay wedding traditions.  We stayed at the adorable Green Mountain Inn in Stowe which, by the way, is a great place for small weddings.

Back in 1999, Vermont was the first state in the U.S. to have some form of statewide domestic partnership protection, when they enacted civil unions - so Vermont is very much a pioneering state in the marriage equality movement.  In 2009, they legalized same-sex marriage.  Vermont vendors are, by and large, experienced with gay weddings and I'm sure you'll have a great experience with most people that you call there.  We love to work in Vermont!

There are some amazing wedding venues in Vermont, if mountains, barns and beautiful rolling hills are your thing.  What's not to love?  If Vermont is your gay wedding destination, it's the perfect place for a leisurely weekend with all of your closest loved ones. We can create a whole weekend celebration designed around your same-sex wedding in Vermont.  Check out some of these beautiful images from Vermont.



Images 3 and 4 courtesy of Closed Circle Photo - the others are unknown.
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Susan Amestoy commented on 10-Feb-2011 01:53 PM
Hi,
I am currently living in Berlin (Germany), but have my home in Vermont. You might recognize the name "Amestoy". My husband, Jeff, was the VT Chief Justice whose landmark decision started the process toward same sex marriage in VT. Anyway...
I am writing a book called "So...How Did You Meet Anyway?" It is a collection of people's "how we met" stories.
I have posted the stories which have been sent in on;
So...How Did You Meet Anyway?
http://wwwsohowdidyoumeet.blogspot.com/
I am always shopping for stories and I would like to add yours. Please check out the site, and if you would like to contribute your "how we met" story contact me at;
susan.amestoy@gmail.com

Take care and...congratulations!
Susan
commented on 28-May-2011 06:35 PM
How do you introduce the gay (male) copule to the reception, when they first enter the room... Or right after they take their union vows? "Ladies and Gentlemen I'd like to introduce to you for the first time..."
Bernadette commented on 28-May-2011 08:48 PM
I use the following for almost all of my couples, "Ladies and Gentlemen I'd like to introduce to you for the first time the newlyweds Mark and Brian!" Or if they are changing names or using a merged name, like at today's wedding, we'll use the new last
name, "Ladies and Gentlemen I'd like to introduce to you for the first time Mrs. and Mrs. Rothkin!"
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