Michael Biggs and Tom Goss at their wedding reception
Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending the wedding of Tom Goss and Mike Biggs’s wedding. It was held on a putt-putt golf course and performed in the Quaker style. Yes, a gay, Quaker wedding on a putt putt golf green – it made for good water cooler talk at work on Monday. Both the ceremony and reception that followed were sweet, endearing and entirely unassuming – just like Mike and Tom themselves. Very nice.
This is my second gay wedding. It seems to be becoming a trend (especially with friends named “Tom”) and I have to say it’s a bit of an odd feeling. I remember when I was first coming to terms with being gay in my early 20s the notion of gay marriage was, well, it really wasn’t. It didn’t register as a consideration or even remote possibility on anyone’s mind. Maybe some activists dreamed of it in some far off time but in 20 years? That seemed so unlikely. But here it is – fancy cakes and all.