The couple met 15 years ago this week, shortly after Mr. Lewis moved to New Jersey.
Mr. Lewis didn’t find the idea of dating another priest unusual or enticing, so when a friend in New York volunteered to introduce him to Mr. Winslow, he had little interest. “It wasn’t, ‘Oh, what a rare bird, I must see it,’ ” Mr. Lewis said. He added, “I was assuming he would be pious and narrow-minded.”
But six months later, he happened to drop by the same friend’s home in New York when Mr. Winslow was visiting. “I did a complete thunderbolt thing,” Mr. Winslow said.
“Our eyes met from across the apartment,” Mr. Lewis said. “We have been together since that day.”
One of the grooms got his priestly training at Nashotah House, the conservative Anglo-Catholic seminary.
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Hey Bucko, great you have a "bond". Knock yourself out. No one cares. Just don't call it a "marriage."
You tell 'em, buck0. That was a very moving description of what marriage is all about, and as one 30+ years married person to another, I salute you. Today is our 36th wedding anniversary. We look quite conventional on the outside, but on the inside, we are not, and the times when we've tried hardest to behave in a conventional manner are the times we've been least happy and least ourselves. In our long history, we've had the oh-so-helpful assistance of many good folk who have taken the trouble to let us know how wrong we are for not adhering to their version of what we should be. Even though we have four children, love each other with faithful, saving love, and are each other's mainstay and that of our extended family, it's not good enough because we didn't get there by following their rules. The difference between us and you is that no matter how much people are irritated by our attitude, they can't deny we're married. You are not granted that respect, and that's not right. It makes me very angry. However, I take comfort in the fact that marriage is a sacrament that is given by the participants. The priest witnesses. He doesn't perform it. Thus, if we assume the existence of a God, we can likewise assume God has blessed you to the fullest extent possible--as God always prefers to do when we don't get in the way. So I say God bless us all, and many happy years to you and your partner!
God bless you and yours, sigaliris, and he already has!
And God bless you and your partner, buckO, and all the good people who love.
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