Hundreds of More Light Presbyterians filled the ballroom at the Marriott Hotel Saturday night for their traditional General Assembly Reception and Dinner. Once the dinner plates had been cleared, and the cake was eaten, it began to look like the reception was almost over. But the marriage ceremony had not yet begun.
After First Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto, California, received the More Light Presbyterians' Inclusive Church Award, two of its members, Derrick Kikuchi and Craig Wiesner, received the David Sindt Leadership Award. As the longtime couple accepted their award at the podium, Kikuchi stunned the gathering by asking Wiesner to join him to make their marriage legal in the state of California.
The couple was...
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