I am so damn envious of you Easterners at times like this. There doesn't seem to be enough Midwestern Cellarites to be worthwhile to host a gathering here.
OC...through which organization did you receive ordination? The Mrs. does legal marriages by dint of our having organized as a Missouri not-for-profit (but not tax-exempt) church, but she actually finds herself doing more non-legally binding same-sex ceremonies than anything else. She's also way too cheap. $25.00 and a pre-ceremonial organizing dinner in most cases.
And by the way...ritual *is* important, for a lot of reasons. On the other hand, no one can sanctify a union between two people besides those two people...and you seem to have done that!
