Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at 
And that somebody's me! If this post goes up when I scheduled it to, the ceremony will have just started.
It's been a crazy year of planning, but everything seems ready to go as planned. Tomorrow we go on a honeymoon and I'm obliged to leave my computer behind, so no blogging until late August.
Debbie and I are both particularly grateful to Judge Vaughan Walker for the early wedding present he gave us this week. His decision striking down the hateful Proposition 8 is filled with powerful reminders of the importance of marriage in society at large, and its importance to married couples. Until marriage is accessible to every loving couple, we'll both feel like our marriage is incomplete, and we're grateful that Judge Walker helped move California and the nation so much closer to true equality.
On a less abstract level, I'm proud to say that my sister-in-law will be marrying the woman of her dreams next year, and we live in hope that her marriage will always and forever carry the same significance in law and custom that our marriage does today.
If anyone cares, there are wedding registries at Amazon.com and Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and no one would stop you from helping cover the costs of our honeymoon through Paypal:
Truth be told, though, we're just as happy to have you honor our wedding by giving to Equality California, which continues its work changing people's minds about marriage equality. Help them end marriage segregation!
Comments
Congratulations!
Posted by: Jason G. Goldman
| August 8, 2010 1:57 PM
congratulations!
Posted by: razib | August 8, 2010 1:58 PM
Congratulations and all blessings for you and your wife and for your sis-in-law and her wife to be
Posted by: Anna | August 8, 2010 3:12 PM
Good for y'all. And loved your Muppet announcement, I had to put it on my website's fun page, it was so cute. How uplifting for us all! Have a great time on your trip and be safe!
http://sites.google.com/site/radiomankc/fun-frolic-sites
Posted by: radiomankc | August 8, 2010 4:29 PM
Congrats. Take your time and enjoy the day.
Side note: I remember asking my officiant if he performed gay marriages. It was important to me not to be married by some bigot.
Posted by: Jason Buell | August 8, 2010 4:48 PM
Congratulations to you both! Wishing you many happy years ahead.
Posted by: Caine, Fleur du mal | August 8, 2010 6:45 PM
Congratulations to the both of you! Here's to your happy future together!
Posted by: Gyeong Hwa Pak | August 8, 2010 6:46 PM
Congratulations, Josh, and good for you for your thoughts on Prop 8. I have a niece here in Kansas that I also wish for equal marriage opportunities someday, but Kansas is a bit unlikely to follow California very soon.
Best wishes to you.
Posted by: Jack Krebs | August 8, 2010 6:54 PM
Many Congrats!
Posted by: John Pieret | August 8, 2010 6:56 PM
Congrats!
Posted by: The Science Pundit
| August 8, 2010 7:15 PM
Oh, happy for both of you! Congratulations and felicitations!
Posted by: Sastra | August 8, 2010 7:22 PM
You will be missed until late August.
Except by your wife, I trust.
Posted by: Riman Butterbur | August 8, 2010 7:25 PM
How adorable! ♥
Complete with the cute Muppet song, hee.
Posted by: Claire-chan
| August 8, 2010 7:32 PM
Congrats Josh!
Posted by: Tara C. Smith | August 8, 2010 7:57 PM
W00t! Congratulations to Mrs. and Mr. Rosenau!
The Newfette and I will celebrate 10 orbits
without killing each otherof wedded bliss this week, and are looking forward to many more.Posted by: Newfie | August 8, 2010 7:57 PM
Congratulations, Debbie and Josh! Forty-four more years and you'll catch us. :)
Posted by: RBH | August 8, 2010 8:07 PM
Congrats, Josh!
Posted by: Michael D. Barton, FCD | August 8, 2010 8:48 PM
Congratulations! Marriage is awesome and fun. Good charity you've picked there.
Posted by: Glendon Mellow | August 8, 2010 9:11 PM
Posted by: llewelly | August 8, 2010 9:17 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: James F. McGrath | August 8, 2010 9:25 PM
i'm with llewelly! where's the tweets? where's the as-it-happens blog entries, photographs and video? you are so NOT modern, josh!
Posted by: "GrrlScientist" | August 8, 2010 10:18 PM
Congratulations, Josh! Just my luck, I picked last week to visit the NCSE office....
Posted by: Anton Mates | August 8, 2010 11:51 PM
Congratulations!
Don't worry we'll be here when you get back. As will the ID crowd, alas.
Posted by: Bob O'H | August 8, 2010 11:56 PM
What everyone else said!
Posted by: Jason Rosenhouse | August 9, 2010 12:39 AM
Yay, Josh! Congratulations!
Posted by: Martin R | August 9, 2010 12:46 AM
Congrats to you and your new wife! Also congrats to your new sister-in-law and her to-be missus!
Weddings for all!
Graeme
Posted by: Graeme | August 9, 2010 2:43 AM
Congratulations and good fortune to the both of you!
Posted by: Pigeonchess
| August 9, 2010 2:45 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: Trausti | August 9, 2010 2:51 AM
Good luck!
Posted by: rijkswaanvijand | August 9, 2010 5:38 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: Nicolas Keller | August 9, 2010 5:46 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: afarensis, FCD | August 9, 2010 6:37 AM
A wedding announcement, with Muppets! Good choice!
And congratulations. :)
Posted by: cicely (Inadvertent Phytocidal Maniac)
| August 9, 2010 8:19 AM
Many, many congratulations!
Posted by: Cheryl Shepherd-Adams | August 9, 2010 8:46 AM
Congrats, and wishes for a wonderful life together!
Posted by: Jerry Coyne | August 9, 2010 9:28 AM
Woohoo!! Congratulations, and here's a wish for your happiness together.
Posted by: Luna_the_cat | August 9, 2010 9:55 AM
Congratulations.
Posted by: Deepak Shetty | August 9, 2010 11:34 AM
Congratulations! I think you'll find, like I did, that it's a lot like being engaged, except everything's legal. ;)
Posted by: Leon
| August 9, 2010 12:10 PM
Oh, hey, should I give to Equality California? I'd done so back before Prop. 8 was passed, and I kind of didn't want to again since I thought they'd badly mismanaged the campaigned against it. But are they the best option out there at the moment if you want to support marriage equality in CA?
Posted by: Anton Mates | August 9, 2010 9:32 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Marion Delgado | August 13, 2010 1:45 AM
Congratulations! Time to celebrate!
Posted by: Andrea | July 17, 2011 10:39 AM