Can Alternative Unions legally perform a Wedding, Same-Sex Ceremony, or Civil Union?
Yes. As a legally ordained minister of the Universal Life Monastery, Reverend Chuck Gianakos is recognized by the State of New Jersey as a legal Wedding Officiant. Chuck’s knowledge of wedding and civil union ceremony preparation, performance, interfaith spirituality, and teaching comes from my near two decades of professional church work as a youth and young adult pastor, Christian Educator, and worship leader and my skills obtained by my Spiritual Director training. It is my belief that God created this existence and all things in it. And God would not do this if indeed God did not enjoy and love this creation. Therefore God’s love and presence abides in us; in our hearts. If two people love each other from the heart and see each other through God’s eyes, the way God loves us, this love then is Holy, true, and blessed. For me, it is not about gender, race, creeds, religions, or orientation, but about loving someone the way God loves us.
