CT: Stamford Church Votes to Welcome Gay Couple for Valentines Day Wedding

The oldest church in Stamford celebrated a new tradition Sunday. After a congregation-wide vote last month to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies, the First Congregational Church in Stamford celebrated the marriage of parishioners Joseph Belisle and David Vintinner, the church's first gay union on the eve of its 375th anniversary.

In red boutonnières with their 19-month-old daughter, Faith, between them, the men were greeted with a raucous standing ovation from their family, friends and fellow congregants after the Rev. Cari Jackson pronounced them new husbands.

"This just feels right," Jackson said. "This is representative of that kind of spiritual integrity that has held throughout the church's history." Yet for all its fanfare, the Valentine's Day wedding was bigger than its grooms, she said.

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