“But I'd like to have someone come and have a baby here,” Sheehan quipped.Too late, looks as if Sheehan already got wet.
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.
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“But I'd like to have someone come and have a baby here,” Sheehan quipped.Too late, looks as if Sheehan already got wet.
I knew what you meant in your first post. But your second post was hilarious!!!
What the heck is "slam poetry?"
I just googled on her name and found one of her “award winning poetry slams”. The award was from a bunch of equally untalented poetry slammers.
It’s just a wet lump of spewed vitriol, neither creative nor enlightening. I think she intended to "shock" somebody, but its all rather mundane. It’s 100 seconds long, though it seems much longer.
Warning: Adult language in a pathetically childish context:
http://www.austinslam.com/media/Worst_Feminist-Genevieve_Van_Cleve.mp3
I wonder if she braided her pits for the special occasion.
Too much ego for it to work.
Watching them vie for the best camera angle would be amusing.
It looks like he eating a booger.
I'll take that bet.
I believe he is the Rev. Tom Nuckols of Austin College and (less sure here) a Lutheran, presumably a evangelical Lutheran (you know, like the BTK killer).
Slam poetry ?
CRAWFORD, Texas -- The aisle was strewn with hay. A few flies buzzed around. There was no organ; the crowd hummed "Here Comes the Bride."
But Genevieve Van Cleve and Peter Ravella had their dream wedding Sunday under a giant tent at the makeshift campsite of peace activists and military families protesting the war with Iraq.
"This is meaningful. This has substance," Van Cleve said. "We completely support what they're doing, and we just wanted to add whatever love, fidelity, loyalty and honor that we could."
The Austin couple, who have been dating since 2003 and got engaged in March, had planned to marry in November. They had talked about a church wedding, then thought of tying the knot in a relative's backyard. It is the second marriage for both.
"We couldn't find something that really felt right for us," said Ravella, 46, an attorney who works in environmental consulting.
But when they went to the campsite near President Bush's ranch last weekend, they were moved to tears after meeting parents of fallen soldiers, including Cindy Sheehan, who started the protest Aug. 6 and vowed to remain until Bush talked to her.
Van Cleve and Ravella got to know many of the hundreds at the camp, then realized that was where they wanted to start their life together.
"When we met those families, the wedding planning all seemed a little frivolous at that point," said Van Cleve, 34, who works for a software company and has participated in other peace rallies.
So after getting permission to use the camp from Sheehan and other camp leaders, the couple had a few days to find a minister, pick out rings, hire a photographer and buy wedding outfits -- as well as invite all of their families and friends.
It all fell into place, and most of their invited guests were able to attend. Ravella's sons, ages 13 and 10, also participated in the ceremony when the couple presented them with cross necklaces.
And the $500 the couple saved so far for the wedding? They gave it to organizations for families of fallen soldiers and relatives of troops still serving overseas. The couple plan to give $500 more to the groups.
"As it turns out, I couldn't have planned anything better than this," Van Cleve said.
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4908837/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=news
....Van Cleve, 34, who works for a software company and has participated in other peace rallies....***
“But I'd like to have someone come and have a baby here,” Sheehan quipped."
Why? Is she hungry?
Aw, ain't that sweet??
Matron of Honor? a loud, broad-shouldered Amazon named Maude.
Best (quasi-man) Man: a pear-shaped fellow known as "that quiet cat, Felix."
How can that happen when all the pregnant libs are at the abortion clinics?
I wonder if she braided her pits for the special occasion.
Considering she was probably also sans deoderant, who could get close enough to tell? LOL, only her feminazi and hippy friends know for sure.
"With very few exceptions, right-wing radicals aren’t funny."
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Genevieve Van Cleve, former roommate of Liz Carpenter (Press
Secretary to President LB Johnson) friend of Molly Ivins, National Poetry Slam finalist, comedy writer, and left wing political vixen.
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Peter Ravella is coastal management director for Coastal Technology Corporation, a private consulting firm that is representing San Luis Development Corp. Formerly, he was director of the Texas General Land Office’s Coastal Division and managed the state beach access program under the Open Beaches Act.
Peter Ravella J.D. ’86 has been in Austin, Texas, since 1993. He spent six years at the Texas General Land Office, first as chief of the environmental law division, general counsel’s office, then as director of the Texas Coastal Management program. For the past four years, he has worked as a consultant for Coastal Tech, specializing in coastal land use planning, shoreline restoration, and beach access issues in Florida and Texas. Previously, Ravella created the Oregon Insider environmental newsletter for the Oregon Environmental Council and worked for then–U.S. Representative Ron Wyden on environmental issues.
Coastal Technology's from Austin received a grant from the Port of Bay City Authority (two different grants totaling $340,000) to study improving the pass.
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Peter Ravella, who has been shopping at Fresh Plus for about seven years. "Fresh Plus is overpriced, of course, like all small grocery stores, but it's a great place. When you go to get your jar of Prego, you're not really looking for much, but when you get your Prego at Fresh Plus, you get to talk to Dave."
Peace man.
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