For Delaware’s same-sex couples, end of wait for marriage Appears near
The first such ceremony in the state is likely to be during the New Year's Day worship service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Wilmington, where Wilmington attorneys Lisa Goodman and Drewry Fennell will say their vows in front of their families, friends and fellow congregants.
Goodman is president of Equality Delaware, the advocacy group that drafted the law and steered it through the General Assembly. Fennell is executive director of the Delaware Criminal Justice Council.
"To have someone ask for a Sunday morning service made perfect sense to me -- that's when my wedding was," said the Rev. Patricia Downing, rector at Trinity. "It's when the community gathers traditionally, and it's a wonderful witness to the fact that these relationships are lived out in community."
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Goodman is president of Equality Delaware, the advocacy group that drafted the law and steered it through the General Assembly. Fennell is executive director of the Delaware Criminal Justice Council.
"To have someone ask for a Sunday morning service made perfect sense to me -- that's when my wedding was," said the Rev. Patricia Downing, rector at Trinity. "It's when the community gathers traditionally, and it's a wonderful witness to the fact that these relationships are lived out in community."
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