This Is What Happened Across The Street From The Westboro Baptist Church This Weekend

[Omaha Steve]

Published on Jun 23, 2013

Arkansas Residents Kim & Katie commit their lives to each other across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.

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[Boomerproud]

1. Congrats Kimberly and Katie.

I hope someone was at WBC and their head exploded.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

2. this is wonderful!!!!!!

love is stronger than hate. Hard to believe these days, but this video says it.

[Half-Century Man]

3. I was watching the lovely videos and realized something...

...I tend to just let the rest of the world's individuals do whatever they want to at their own pace. It's part of my "mind our own business" treaty I have (unofficially) with everybody. I like to bitch a lot about groups of people who I think are doing things wrong. But bitching is kinda how Americans exhale.
When I want to say something nice, my "mind your own business" has left me out of the loop for, if nothing else, appropriate language; and the mad bitching skills thing makes me feel awkward when talking nice.

Help me out please.
In LGBT marriage ceremonies is it, Bride/Bride, Groom/Groom, or Bride/Groom as assumed roles as given?
Can you call both partners beautiful or handsome? I know you could use the more gender neutral cute or stunning, but that feels like a cop out to me. I would think that an LGBT couples gender is just as important as the marriage.
I understand transgender folks are in the middle of an "out of body experience" and their proper gender would be made known to the wedding guests, so that one is covered.
And that commonly in the past one partner might assume the opposite sex's stereotypical role (to get a feeling on normalcy?). But as acceptance of homosexuality has grown; the realization that being in love is normal, and that stereotypical roles are simply bullshit (stereotypical anything is bullshit); has the role playing shrank? If the roles playing has shrank, is Bride/bride okay?

My first cousin married her wife over twenty years ago (unofficial). They are both wonderful people despite the super jesus thing (it's wisconsin, ya gotta live it to understand). And while I might be an expert at tap dancing in minefields, It's about time I learned the appropriate things to say beyond I love you.

[toby jo]

4. Just tell them exactly what you are thinking because they are living exactly what they

are feeling. They'll relate. Living at that level is so much better than the pretend emotions folks put out.

"I'm really touched by the beauty of where your hearts are at." "Soulfull, beautiful stuff, ladies. Thanks."


Westboro Church has some new neighbors. The loving kind. They're gonna be thrown.

[Half-Century Man]

5. For my birthday, I want chocolate shoes...

So the next I inevitably cram my foot in my mouth, it doesn't taste so bad.

It is easier for me to ask in the sterile environment of DU for the appropriate language than to risk an in-person fail. My family is familiar with my snarky contempt of people in groups. It is too easy a jump to the erroneous conclusion I'm being an asshole, rather than I'm having trouble articulating myself.

[knixphan]

6. Kim & Katie - for the win!

Live out loud, baby.