“you would have to be close family or friends to be invited to a homosexual wedding in the first place.”
Not necessarily. It could be someone from the office who’s inviting everyone from work to come to his/her gay “wedding.” Or neighbors who are inviting the whole neighborhood. Maybe someone you went to school with who you didn’t know then was gay. Maybe the ex-husband or ex-wife of a straight couple you were friends with.
IT really depends. I live quite a ways away from anyone I knew in HS or College, and it would be a legitimate excuse to not attend in person if I have to travel thousands of miles to get there, combined with not being very close to them.
‘Not necessarily. It could be someone from the office who’s inviting everyone from work to come to his/her gay “wedding.”’
That scenario really bothers me. One’s co-workers are just that, i.e., co-workers. Of course, friendships can develop in the work place but I find some folks just have no boundaries and tend to presume about others who are just there for a paycheck and nothing more.