Reply #10: April Fool wedding [View All]

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

(no fooling, it took place on April 1)was a Universal Worship service presided over by our spiritual teachers. In the service, the holy books of the Hindus, Bhuddists, Zoroastrians, Hebrews, Christians, and Muslims were placed on the altar, along with an eagle feather (my husband is a pipe carrier in the Lakota tradition). Passages from each spiritual path were recited; we took each other as "the most sacred trust from God". The atomosphere was alive with the Light of God.

We were married in a Middle Eastern restaurant on a Sunday at the beginning of Ramadan. Many of the regular Muslim customers, unused to seeing the restaurant open on a Sunday, dropped in and stayed for the service. The owner's daughter took pictures of the altar and asked for the quotes, telling her father that that was the kind of service she wanted for her wedding. And one old Egyptian gentleman told us "If that caught on, there could be no more war." Those were the two nicest presents we received.

We fed each other falafel and had a wonderful Middle Eastern feast.