No, not my wedding- though I'm sure that would be a lovely affair. I'm refferring to my two amazing uncles, who have been together for 35 years, only 2 years less then my parents. In a world where the debate lingers about gay marriage, my uncles have recently stepped up and declared their love and commitment to each other. A 35 year commitment. How many straight marriages last that long? My father, who is an amazing pianist, arranger and conductor (the list is actually longer!!), played for their many singing friends who came to celebrate with and entertain them. I was honored when they asked me to dance. It was one of the highlights of my life to perform at such a momentous occasion, and for my entire family!! Sandy and Ed, I love you, and I have ALWAYS been proud of you. Mazel tov!

Below is their wedding announcement from the New York Times:

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Published August 27, 2006

Ed Linderman and Sanford Alan Levitt are to affirm their partnership tonight in a ballet studio at New York City Center. Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is to lead a commitment ceremony.
Mr. Linderman (above left) is 59. He coaches musical theater performers in New York. He started his career in 1968 in the touring company of Second City, the Chicago improvisational company, and performed in the initial Broadway runs of “Fiddler on the Roof” and the musical version of “Two Gentlemen of Verona.” He was also a composer of “Something’s Afoot,” a musical-comedy murder mystery, and received a certificate from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
He is a son of the late Muriel and Abe M. Linderman, who lived in Park Ridge, Ill. His mother was an administrative assistant at Shure Brothers Microphones, an electronics maker in Evanston. His father was an administrative law judge in the Illinois Employment Security Department.
Mr. Levitt, 65, is the president of Manhattan Tour and Travel, which organizes theater and arts tours. He has performed in ballet and musical theater since the 1960’s, including eight productions with the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater in New York. He graduated from Rutgers.
His parents, the late Esther and Joseph Levitt, lived in Newark, where they owned Joe’s, a candy store and luncheonette.
Mr. Levitt and Mr. Linderman met in 1971 at an audition for a touring production of the musical “Coco,” starring Ginger Rogers.
“I got the job,” Mr. Levitt said. “He didn’t. But he made a point to come up and visit me and see the show.”
They have been together ever since, moving into their Upper West Side apartment in 1973.
“It became clearer and clearer that we were creating a home,” Mr. Levitt said. “Not just two guys who were sharing an apartment, but building a home.”
Mr. Linderman, who was often on the road with touring companies, put it more simply: “He was always home.”
They could not always declare their feelings publicly, which is why their ceremony is particularly important to them. “Thirty-five years ago, something like this was not a possibility,” Mr. Levitt said. “You would go into a bar, and you could be arrested.”
Like other enduring relationships, theirs has grown through good and bad times. “I had a cancer operation,” Mr. Linderman said. “He didn’t leave my side. He had heart surgery, and I never left his side.
Mr. Linderman added, “We’re not saying we have an exemplary relationship that needs to be held up. We’re just a couple going through life committed to each other.”