Hillary and Julie Goodridge Wed at UUA Headquarters in Boston
May 17, 2004
Hillary and Julie Goodridge, the lead plaintiffs in the landmark case Goodridge v. the Massachusetts Dept. of Health, were married today at the national headquarters of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, at 25 Beacon St. Officiating at the ceremony was the Rev. William G. Sinkford, president of the UUA, and Deborah Kay, an attorney and close friend of the couple. Speaking during the service were state Sen. Diane Wilkerson and UUA Executive Vice President Kay Montgomery.
Other speakers included the couple’s friends Amy Domini, David Ruben, Lois Levin and Helen Rittenberg. Annie Goodridge, the couple’s daughter will be both the flower girl and the ring bearer. The guests sang “Here Come the Brides” as the Goodridges processed into Eliot Hall, a historic chamber overlooking the Massachusetts State House grounds next door.
The Rev. William G. Sinkford performed his first legal wedding since making the decision not to sign marriage licenses so long as civil marriage was denied to same-sex couples. Although Unitarian Universalist ministers have long performed religious services of union for gay and lesbian couples, today Rev. Sinkford celebrated the opportunity to begin performing fully recognized legal weddings. “I am deeply honored and overjoyed to have officiated at the wedding of two such dear friends, “ Sinkford said. “Their legal struggles and ultimate victory have inspired the nation. Nothing could make me prouder than to stand here with them on this historic day. Unitarian Universalists believe that Civil Marriage is a Civil Right.”
For more detailed information on the UUA’s support for same-sex couples, please visit our website at www.uua.org/freedomtomarry
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