Two Retired Female Anglican priests-legally married -- in a nursing home

Pioneering women make statement about justice, equality
The Province
Thursday, April 24, 2008

VICTORIA -- With popping corks and tinkling glasses, with laughter and with tears, Ruth Pogson, 83, and Beth Aime, 79, exchanged simple loving vows in Island View nursing home yesterday.

The two retired Anglican priests, committed to each other since 1995, wanted to make the reality of their relationship legal, said Pogson.

"In the church, ritual is important as rites of passage. And this for us is a rite of passage. It's a whole new stage of life. It changes everything," she said.

Pogson and Aime were married in a civil ceremony in front of a small group of family and friends. the rest