When Susan Parker and Wendy Scott, lesbian partners and residents of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, decided to hold a religious service which recognized their long-standing relationship, they weren't looking to get legally married, but simply to reaffirm their commitment to one another before the community. But when their ministers at Wake Forest Baptist Church agreed to sanction the ceremony and hold it in the church, it stirred up a headlines-making fuss. Wake Forest Baptist Church is located on the campus of Wake Forest University, and though the congregation is independent of the university, WFU owns the building. The university's Board of Trustees attempted to short-circuit the ceremony and, in a very telling response, a significant portion of the WFU student body openly criticized the administration and supported Susan and Wendy and the ministers at Wake Forest Baptist Church. Ryan Butler's A Union in Wait chronicles Susan and Wendy's story (about a very nice, very committed couple--and it has a happy ending!), while also touching on changing social attitudes in the South toward gays and lesbians. Recommended. Aud: H, C, P. (P. Van Vleck)
A Union in Wait
(2001) 28 min. $62.50: high schools & public libraries; $250: colleges & universities. Frameline Distribution. PPR. Volume 17, Issue 1
A Union in Wait
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