I’m a professional wedding officiant and longtime L.G.B.T.Q. rights advocate. While I recognize that some officiants and other vendors may have ethical or religious objections to same-sex unions, I rejoice that marriage equality is the law of the land. Many wedding expos, websites, registries, professional organizations and social media groups have nondiscrimination policies requiring all…
Ericka Nicole Alford and Ira Martin Feinberg were married Nov. 16 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and a friend of the couple, officiated. The bride, 50, is a lawyer at American Express in New York.…
Olivia Dominque Bello and Kyle Venolia Landau were married Nov. 16 at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs, Calif. Rory Team, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride, 27, is a middle school science teacher at 75 Morton in New York, and…
Amy Gish and Adolfo Lee were married Nov. 16 at the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary & St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn. The Rev. Msgr. Guy Massie performed the ceremony. Ms. Gish, 38, is a vice president for client services at Huge, a digital agency based in Brooklyn. She graduated from Emory…
Nicole Ann Poplawsky and Kenneth Robert Shook Jr. were married Nov. 16 at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. The Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston, a Presbyterian minister, officiated. Mrs. Shook, 35, is a sales executive in Manhattan at Gold Medal International, a fashion accessories company specializing in socks and cold weather accessories. She graduated…
Stacy Michelle Kramer and Joshua Reuven Kuckley were married Nov. 16 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington. Rabbi Michael Safra officiated. The bride, 33, works in Manhattan as the director of business development for Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization in Hanover, N.Y., that focuses on global health in sub-Saharan Africa. She graduated from Northwestern…
Gregory Louis Athanas and H. Alexander Rich were married Nov. 16 at the Villard Mansion at Lotte New York Palace in New York. Rabbi Laurie Gold officiated. Mr. Athanas (left), 33, is a social studies teacher at McKeel Academy of Technology, a charter high school in Lakeland, Fla. He is also a product specialist at…
Felicia Caitlin Pollack and David Franklin Gordon were married Nov. 16 at the Swan Club in Roslyn, N.Y. Cantor Guy Bonné officiated. Mrs. Gordon, 29, is a talent booker in Manhattan at ABC’s “The View.” She graduated from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at the New School, also in Manhattan. She is the daughter…
Ejieme Eromosele and Derek Adam Borchardt were married in a traditional Nigerian ceremony Nov. 15 in Irrua, Nigeria. Alhaji W.O. Momodu II, a justice of the peace and the highest royal authority for the Esanland region, led the ceremony at the Royal Palace. Ms. Eromosele, 36, is a vice president of customer success at Snaps,…
Timothy Joseph McDevitt and Cameron Thomas Bartell were married Nov. 16 at the Stirling Mansion in Reading, Pa. Anita Vasan, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Mr. McDevitt (left), 33, is a classically trained baritone who is based in New York. He graduated from Juilliard, where…