Bryant Surley-Strong was skeptical he’d ever see the day when he could get married in his own church.
“I know the congregation was always supportive, but it just wasn’t allowed,” Surley-Strong said.
But those worries are gone — forever — after he and his husband and 14 other same-sex couples who were originally married outside the church renewed their vows in a boisterous gathering at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration.
“We’re just doing a little something tonight, no big deal,” the Rev. Casey Shobe told the hundreds who packed the sanctuary at the Far North Dallas Church.
About 40 more people watched the ceremony on a TV screen in the lobby.
“I feel blessed. It’s been a long time coming,” said Shayne Bonner, who renewed her vows with her wife, Tina, who she married in 2016 in Fort Worth. “This church has always been extremely supportive. It’s more emotional for us being able to share this moment with our families.”
The celebration included a Eucharist with the full Transfiguration Choir and brass — directed by Joel Martinson, who renewed his vows with his husband, David Reece — and a sermon from the Right Rev. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop ordained in the church in 2003.
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