she had a drug issue. when she was pregnant at some point she started to realize that larry would have paren tall rights and could take the child away because of her drug addiction. so she s the one who spirited herself out of the country with howard k. stern and got to the bahamas and had a commitment ceremony with howard k. stern and put his name on the birth certificate because had she lived, larry would be a nonexistent entity and would never be able to see that kid of his in the bahamas. did they have a contentious relationship? they did, in the end. she basically said, you know she would write to him as another name on the internet through her fan site and, yeah. he had to be a fan to her. she d say, i miss you, i love you. but she wasn t really going to see him, let him have access. you think that was something
to me when i interviewed him in october of last year he said the same thing. i don t believe in gay marriage. it is against god. play number two for me, tom. we re going to talk about a marriage ceremony or commitment ceremony that he is alleged to have had with one of the young men. eventually it turned into such a relationship that the bishop had a ceremony with anthony flag called a covenant. within that covenant it was essentially a marriage ceremony where there was candles, exchange of jewelry, and biblical quotes given in order for anthony to know and for the bishop to tell him, i will always have your back and you will always have mine. so, reverend, is this a matter of hypocrisy? listen, innocent until proven guilty. if the bishop, you know, does come out who knows what he is going to say tomorrow? but is it a matter of hypocrisy here when you hear these allegations? well, i think it s an issue
the weekend, and the dork we re talking about, just to be sure, that would be me. yes, i noticed you were admiring this, this is a darth vader t-shirt, and yes, it does this. can you tell? how much memorabilia do you have? well, we inventoried about half of it. we re up to about 75,000 individual items. how do you explain all of it? i think the original love for star wars, that came out of the time of really depressing news to create heroes for those fans at that age. they grew up with it. people have passed along their love for star wars to their kids and now we re into a third generation. how do you feel about the commitment ceremony? well, i love the commitment ceremony. we are gathered here today to celebrate the strongest force of all. the majority of our fans that are coming here are coming to renew their vows. i now pronounce you partners in the force. do you still love it? i wouldn t be here dressed like this if i didn t love it.
celebration five in arnoorlandor the weekend, and the dork we re talking about, just to be sure, that would be me. yes, i noticed you were admiring this, this is a darth vader t-shirt, and yes, it does this. can you tell? how much memorabilia do you have? well, we inventoried about half of it. we re up to about 75,000 individual items. how do you explain all of it? i think the original love for star wars, that came out of the time of really depressing news to create heroes for those fans at that age. they grew up with it. people have passed along their love for star wars to their kids and now we re into a third generation. how do you feel about the commitment ceremony? well, i love the commitment ceremony. we are gathered here today to celebrate the strongest force of all. the majority of our fans that are coming here are coming to renew their vows. i now pronounce you do you s?
us. reporter: what got under her skin was her pastor s belief that gay couples have a right to be joined in same-sex unions. i don t believe in it. i m southern baptist, and the bible speaks against that. you can not take that into church. you cannot just read a bible and think that somehow you have now mastered the word of god. reporter: her former pastors christine and dennis wiley, a husband and wife team presented their beliefs to their black church in a vision statement calling for a quote inclusive body of biblical believers. were you thinking sexual orientation? we mean everything, yes. reporter: in 2007, two years before d.c. legalized gay marriages, they performed their first commitment ceremony at the alter in their church. i went to the wedding because i wanted to see it because i