Wedding in the Cemetery, anyone? The argument for, by the couple who want to marry there, is that the cemetery is beautiful and that it poetically illustrates "until death do us part." The argument against, is that families with relatives buried there might worry that wedding guests might trample the graves. WW resident and Easton Cemetery Superintendant, Wayne Unangst, says that they are looking into refurbishing the historic chapel in the cemetery, built in 1875, and that weddings could one day be held there:
Express Times Article by Tony Nauroth on Couple Who Wants to Wed in Easton Cemetery
What do you think? Some cultures feel that cemeteries are only for the dead, and their solemn visitors. Other cultures think cemeteries are a place to celebrate life and heritage, and they bring their children to run and play and picnic in all that green space. Post your thoughts here!
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By the way, when I was living in Prague for a month in 2006, I went on a tour of some cemeteries there, and was surprised that people there use graves as garden sites, where the flowers are planted right into the earth above where a loved one is buried. It was a colorful illustration of the cycle of life, how death feeds growth, etc. It made the cemeteries even more beautiful, and the tending of the graves even more poignant. I don't know if people get married in cemeteries there, but they had a many cemetery tours, much the way someone would tour museums.
Marriage isn't for heterosexuals-only anymore, in many many places in America and around the world, so, hey, if Earl and I could actually be (re)married there, we'd go for it! We love that cemetery and often stroll there, a Victorian unspoiled time-capsule!
However, so far, prejudice against Americans and Eastonians created like us two husbands has won out against our marrying there. Time will tell.
Since we're not getting any younger after 33 years together in Love, maybe we'll be buried in that Pennsylvania cemetery before the day dawns when we could have had a civil marriage there.
Tim
Tim--Keep the faith! I have my fingers crossed that Pennsylvania will soon prove to be the next state to ratify marriage for any two people of age in love.
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