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 Never Too Late: Aging Lesbians
Marry In Nursing Home
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: April 24, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET
(Victoria, British Columbia) Ruth Pogson, 83, and Beth
Aime, 79, have proved you are never to old to marry.
Pogson and Aime were married
this week in a civil wedding ceremony as relatives, friends and other residents
of the Island View nursing home looked on.
Both women are retired Anglican priests. They have been in a committed
relationship since 1995.
Pogson, who has a number of health problems and
is confined to a wheelchair, is a resident of the home. Friday she is scheduled
to be moved to a Vancouver facility. Aime already has an apartment in Vancouver.
Once Pogson is settled in her new nursing home
the couple hope to have their union blessed by a priest at
Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral, which is in the New Westminster diocese,
one of a handful in Canada which were allowed to perform blessings for same-sex
couples before a moratorium was imposed by the Canadian House of Bishops.
"I'm happy they're getting married. I'm happy they found happiness with
each other. Isn't this what life is all about?" Peter Elliott, dean of the
cathedral told the Times Colonist newspaper.
"There's nothing new about gay and lesbian people living in committed
partnerships. The difference in Canada, and I thank God for it, is that we can
live openly and we can receive the support of our community and church, and that
makes a huge difference in the quality of life."
Pogson had been involved in the fight for women
clergy and became of the first women to become a priest in the Anglican Church.
Aime noted that Pogson is still feisty.
"Here she is again. She's
83 and she's still at it," Aime said at a champagne reception at the
nursing home.
"This for us
is a rite of passage," said Pogson. "It's a whole new stage of life. It changes
everything."
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