http://www.tychoish.com/2008/05/in-sickness/ now without a net Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:00:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.tychoish.com/2008/05/in-sickness/#comment-1760 Mel Tue, 06 May 2008 04:34:00 +0000 http://www.tychoish.com/2008/05/in-sickness/#comment-1760 <p>Actually, the Baha'i already practice #2. No officiant, just the couple pledging to one another, and I think maybe something about a parental figure giving consent. Our officiant has at least become something of a friend over the past several months (knitter, spinner, Raveller with several parallels to our own past).</p> Actually, the Baha’i already practice #2. No officiant, just the couple pledging to one another, and I think maybe something about a parental figure giving consent. Our officiant has at least become something of a friend over the past several months (knitter, spinner, Raveller with several parallels to our own past).

]]> http://www.tychoish.com/2008/05/in-sickness/#comment-1759 QueerJoe Mon, 05 May 2008 18:06:43 +0000 http://www.tychoish.com/2008/05/in-sickness/#comment-1759 <p>From a purely selfish perspective, I find it annoying when my attendance at a wedding is, for all intents and purposes, obligatory. I figure that I have to support the union of a couple with both my attendance and a gift, and I don't have the ability to inflict this obligation on others.</p> From a purely selfish perspective, I find it annoying when my attendance at a wedding is, for all intents and purposes, obligatory. I figure that I have to support the union of a couple with both my attendance and a gift, and I don’t have the ability to inflict this obligation on others.

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