My gay best friend just asked me to marry him
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Yeah http://www.open-ministry.org/ Makes it sooo hard to sign up for 
Grats on being the officiator though, I always wished I could marry someone
Grats on being the officiator though, I always wished I could marry someone
I'm sorry, but I have to insist on underwear. I'd be too tempted to impersonate sharon stone otherwise.
Amen to that.
Well, that would be kinda rude. Just shit all over their moment with indifference.
Dave
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The fact you were asked to officiate is the only thing about this thread I think is thread-worthy. People have friends getting married all the time and nobody cares. Do I hope these friends have a great marriage and life together? Certainly! But the fact that you had to mention their sexual orientation means that it was germane to the conversation. It's that point that I hope goes away. Nobody would put "My straight best friend...".
Don't read too much into what I put. I'm trying to be light-hearted here, not shitting on their day.
Don't read too much into what I put. I'm trying to be light-hearted here, not shitting on their day.
Dave
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It's really easy to get someone ordained to be able to legally perform the ceremony. Were I you I would find a friend who is great on a microphone and ask them to do it. Make it fun!This gives me an awesome idea. The General and I are both atheists and were going to have a secular Justice of the Peace do our ceremony. However, if we can get someone with the same credentials to do it, then why not?
You are awesome. Everyone is awesome. Let's have a group hug!
I'm pretty sure he just mentioned that his friend was gay to make the thread title be misleading.
North_Ranger
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...or so you say.
Dave
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I may have been lying about lying. You never know how far down the rabbit hole my deception goes.
I went to a friends wedding where another friend was the minister person. It was really nice because it made the whole thing a bit more personal. It made the whole ceremony just that much more touching and sweet.
The bride and groom then proceeded to use their vows to rick roll everyone. Lulz were had.
The bride and groom then proceeded to use their vows to rick roll everyone. Lulz were had.
Bwahaha! Fantastic.
Don't forget to take your certificate down to the County Clerk's office!
I tried to convince my friend to let me marry him and his wife. They were going to have a small bridal party and I was going to miss the cut. They went with a minister instead though, the bastards. Made worse by the fact that neither are religious they just didn't want to upset the brides family, so they wanted a more traditional ceremony (so of course they go with a woman preacher </joke>).
[edit]I'm also pretty sure my Princess Bride impressions weren't helping my case.
I tried to convince my friend to let me marry him and his wife. They were going to have a small bridal party and I was going to miss the cut. They went with a minister instead though, the bastards. Made worse by the fact that neither are religious they just didn't want to upset the brides family, so they wanted a more traditional ceremony (so of course they go with a woman preacher </joke>).
[edit]I'm also pretty sure my Princess Bride impressions weren't helping my case.
Even for open-minded people the sexual orientation should be put in there (especially since we know nothing about them). Not because there is a need to clarify this fact and put any kind of emphasis on it, but because the majority of people is still straight, so you would just assume they're talking about a male / femal couple. If here ever comes a time where there are as many homosexuals as straight people or even more, then yeah, I would see "My straight best friend" becoming a common phrase
You guys still miss the point, in that this is probably the only time I'll get to say my best friend asked me to marry him, and it be true.
That opportunity alone is half the reason I said yes. The other half is, you know, the friendship thing, but mostly I do things for the amusing conversation.
That opportunity alone is half the reason I said yes. The other half is, you know, the friendship thing, but mostly I do things for the amusing conversation.
No we got the point (congrats by the way! here's a brofist!), but since when has there ever been a thread containing any kind of hot political topic where it didn't devolve into a discussion thread?
Just doing my part 
I got to be the MC at my friends' wedding. I had asked "How taboo can I be in my opening monologue?" ahead of time because I guess the one groom's parents was pretty old, conservative and not really in keeping with the whole "Hey, Gay is Okay" philosophy. They said "Clean".
So I basically started off with a list of all the words I wasn't allowed to say in my job as MC, with the dad staring very evilly at me the entire time while the rest of the room laughed. Awkward.
So I basically started off with a list of all the words I wasn't allowed to say in my job as MC, with the dad staring very evilly at me the entire time while the rest of the room laughed. Awkward.
Well, I have found out that I'll be wearing Jedi Robes and a Yarmulke (I'm an orthodox Jedi) so someone is getting offended.
Come to Texas, I'll marry you! I'm a "minister" it's official and everything!This gives me an awesome idea. The General and I are both atheists and were going to have a secular Justice of the Peace do our ceremony. However, if we can get someone with the same credentials to do it, then why not?
You are awesome. Everyone is awesome. Let's have a group hug!
May the schwartz be with you.
I found this article on one of my favorite wedding websites, Off Beat Bride:
So you want to have a friend officiate…
Funny enough, I mentioned the idea to the General and we're considering asking his uncle, who is the self-proclaimed family smartass, doctor, and Awesome McAwesomesauce, if he'd officiate our ceremony!
So you want to have a friend officiate…
Funny enough, I mentioned the idea to the General and we're considering asking his uncle, who is the self-proclaimed family smartass, doctor, and Awesome McAwesomesauce, if he'd officiate our ceremony!
North_Ranger
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"You wanna marry him? Good."
"You wanna marry her? Good."
"By the power invested in me by the Internet, I pronounce you wife and hubby. Now kiss the bride, fool. The chicken's getting cold."
That's how I'd do it
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