Mr. Low contacted a local rabbi, Robert Weiner of Temple Beth Am in Yorktown Heights, to explore the possibility of jointly officiating. The rabbi had already performed several gay weddings, including one for an interfaith couple. But the spouses had to commit to “creating a Jewish home” rather than “going down that dual-religion road,” he said in an interview.
For his part, Mr. Low felt marginalized by any ceremony that would avoid mentioning Jesus. “I get that it’s not easy for people of Jewish faith to hear how important Jesus is to Christians, how central,” he said in an interview last week. “And yet you need the ability of two faiths to be in dialogue and in tension with one another.”
As their Oct. 13 wedding date neared, Ms. Knapp and Ms. Corey turned to a friend who was ordained online by the Universal Life Church. The ceremony, held at a conference center, included the chuppa, the Judaic wedding canopy, and the traditional breaking of the glass. The Sheva Brachot (seven blessings), though, drew from Apache and Buddhist sources, among others. In recognition of Ms. Knapp’s Irish heritage, one blessing was a Gaelic prayer.
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