Metropolitan Community Church campaign focuses on same-sex marriage

Sharon Henry, music minister at Stockton’s Valley Ministries MCC church, had a commitment ceremony in October 2004.

Then, in June 2008, during the window when same-sex marriages were legally performed and recognized in California, she and her wife, who are raising teenage boys, had a civil ceremony.

“It was more validating than I ever thought it would be,” Henry said. “It was the first time I was able to say, ‘I’m married.’ It was a pretty big thing.”

The question of same-sex marriage continues to be a contentious one, with polls showing most Americans opposed to it.

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