Jude and Andrew

 

 On July 6, Andrew and I were joined in civil partnership in Worcester, England. In England, civil partnerships give same-sex couples identical rights and responsibilities as marriage. My mom, my dad, Monique and Luke, as well as other friends and family members from the states were able to attend, and we spent the next several days touring England in two vans.

 

 This is a photograph taken at the ceremony. Also pictured are the two witnesses, my brother Luke and Andrew's friend Tracy.

 

 

 This is a photograph with Andrew's mother Dorothy.

 

  After the ceremony, Andrew's brother Steve and his sister-in-law Martine hosted a garden party in our honor at their home.

 

 My dad taking a photograph of Monique, Sue and Karson in front of Big Ben

 

We rode on The London Eye, which is a huge Ferris Wheel on the Thames River. This is the view from the top.

This is an ancient stone circle in Avebury. It's fourteen times larger than Stonehenge. We made a stop here on our drive down to the coast.

 

The view from the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon where we had our rehearsal dinner overlooking the River Avon."