Tonight E! Television brings you to the hottest anti-war protest since Woodstock!
Posted on 08/29/2005 11:40:55 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
CRAWFORD – The bride wore an embroidered peasant top. The groom was equally casual in slacks and a short-sleeved shirt.
For all its informality, the Sunday wedding of Genevieve Van Cleve and Peter Ravella at the main Crawford peace rally site was very much a formal statement against U.S. militarism.
The Austin residents said Sunday that they support Iraqi freedom and democracy, but question the U.S. military's role in that mission. Van Cleve and Ravella said they felt it was appropriate to start their lives by affirming love and peace into their marriage covenant, which was sealed before an audience of at least 300 peace demonstrators at Camp Casey II.
“I wanted to add some joy to what has been a somber event,” said Van Cleve, 34, who performed slam poetry at Camp Casey II a week ago at the behest of Liz Carpenter, former press secretary and chief of staff for Lady Bird Johnson.
Van Cleve and Ravella were to be married in a more traditional setting in the fall, but Van Cleve said she was inspired to rush the wedding after attending the peace protests and meeting with like-minded people near President Bush's vacation home.
Ravella, 46, agreed. The pair was able to convince family and friends throughout the nation to take a drive or flight to Central Texas.
“It's not a zoo,” said Ravella, referring to the atmosphere at Camp Casey II. “Most people here are people who have never spoken out against their country in a public way É The guts (to do so) is incredible. Their courage is incredible.”
While some may question the insertion of politics into a wedding, the Rev. Tom Nuckols said a marriage is inherently about politics. Nuckols, a professor emeritus at Austin College, officiated the couple's wedding ceremony.
Marriage is “about which values you'll choose to live and to set priorities,” he said.
A wedding at a peace rally is a first for Nuckols. But he said he agreed to perform the ceremony because he thought the couple's intentions and political statement match that of Jesus, who sought justice and compassion for the lesser of society.
The couple insisted that they do not want their wedding to be viewed as a sideshow. Still, they asked Cindy Sheehan for permission to hold a wedding ceremony at the protest site.
Sheehan started a sit-in on Prairie Chapel Road on Aug. 6 to catch President Bush's attention in an effort to bring an end to the Iraq war. It has since grown to two camps within a few miles of Bush's ranch.
Sheehan, who sat on the front row of the Van Cleve-Ravella wedding, said she gladly approved of the nuptials taking place at Camp Casey II, the larger of the two peace protest sites named after her slain Army son.
“I was so happy when they wanted to get married at Camp Casey because Camp Casey is a place of love, and what better place to get married?” Sheehan said.
“But I'd like to have someone come and have a baby here,” Sheehan quipped.
tdejesus@wacotrib.com
Hippies.
“But I'd like to have someone come and have a baby here,” Sheehan quipped.
So she can eat it, what with her bloodlust and all?
Some nut will...and they'll name the baby Casey no doubt.
TURDSTOCK!
Look at that picture of her ole Al. That woman is a glory hound, egomaniac!!!
When all this circus is over, she is going to be left with the family she dumped on. Poor poor Cindy.
"The couple insisted that they do not want their wedding to be viewed as a sideshow"
Please say their not from Austin, that means I live within 30 or 40 miles of these idiots. God Bless Williamson County, Last time I ckecked , not a single Liberal in power.
Tonight E! Television brings you to the hottest anti-war protest since Woodstock!
It might be in the works....
I'm sure they'll have a tent setup for the honeymoon with a live cam-feed to the internet.
Hey it's the liebral thing to do nowadays!
Is the bridegroom chewing on his nails or removing his thumb from his mouth?
Hey, underneath this peasant dress I'm all male! Or, so the hippie-chick inside of me says.
Oh, by the way, it is a sideshow or maybe a freakshow.
I suspect Satan is in attendence.
While we're at it how about we can have some has-been musicians come out and we can call it Caseystock. Wait! They have already started that.
The lovely couple is from Austin of course.
People are so narcissistic and self-righteous and so faux altrusitic.
“But I'd like to have someone come and have a baby here,” Sheehan quipped.
'slamo-Cindy would probably want the mother to give birth right in the middle of the commune, cameras whirring, mother screaming, and there she would be -- happy as a clam with the cameras on HER, holding pruning shears, just waiting to cut the cord. Would the men in the white coats PLEASE come take this psycho-hose-beast AWAY???!!!
My dad told me that he and my mom drove from Dallas threw Crawford and had lunch there.
He said all the ranches around had "We support our President" signs all over. He said the protestors were staying in awful conditions.
He also said that Crawford is doing well economically from all the attention.
Thanks for the laugh.
Her son sought out that special commaderie that soldiers develop almost instantly and joined for another 4 years. The man is a hero not a kid that got duped by the President.
They're very special!
But enough about ME!
The media hogs are rolling into Camp Cindy.
Great picture.
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