Russell D Barefoot
and
Kevin Wayne Williams
made the following declaration
on 15 September 2001
I ask you to be my partner, my lover, and my friend.
I announce and declare my intention to give you my deepest friendship and love,
not only when your moments are high,
but when they are low,
not only when you remember clearly who you are,
but when you forget,
not only when you are acting with love,
but when you are not.
I further announce before God and those here present
that I will seek always to see the light of divinity within you,
and seek always to share the light of divinity within me
even and especially in whatever moments of darkness may come.
It is my intention to be with you forever,
in a holy partnership of the soul,
that we may do together God’s work.
Sharing all that is good within us
with all those whose lives we touch.