Family Spotlight:
Sally and Laura
Sally Green and Laura Heaven met at work more than five years ago. Their friendship turned romantic and, over time, their relationship has offered emotional security and love that both expect will last for a lifetime. “Laura and I want to get married because we love each other with all our hearts and we want to make a home and family together,” says Green. “Family is really important to both of us and we wanted to get engaged and have a ceremony so we can stand up in front of our family and friends and affirm our lifelong commitment to each other.”
Green and Heaven plan to have a formal ceremony at Takoma Park Presbyterian Church. “For us, this will be a marriage,” said Green, “but it is bittersweet that the state of Maryland will not recognize us as family. In the eyes of the State, we are as good as strangers.”
“We plan to have children in about four years and it's really important to us to be able to have all the legal protections that we can in order to make medical decisions for each other, and to be able to adopt the children that each of us will biologically carry,” said Laura. “We depend on each other for emotional support, friendship, encouragement, and we want legal protections from our city, state, and country to be as strong as our love for each other.”
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