Officiant turns away same-sex Kitchener couple due to 'religious reasons'

A same sex couple from Kitchener said they hit a roadblock during their wedding planning after the first officiant they reached out to turned them down due to 'religious reasons.'

A same sex couple from Kitchener said they hit a roadblock during their wedding planning after the first officiant they reached out to turned them down due to “religious reasons.”

Edward Pallfy and Tim Pagett got engaged in July 2021. They first contacted Kettle Creek Weddings, which is based out of London. The couple said they were shocked when the company replied to their request for more information.

“Their response was just more or less, ‘due to religious reasons we have chosen not to do that,’” said Pagett.

The couple sent a copy of the e-mail to CTV News. It states that the company does not perform same sex weddings.

“It’s just the frustration of that it is not advertised on their website, so no one would know looking at their website that they don’t do that,” said Pallfy.

“(It) creates an embarrassment on our part as well. I would’ve never reached had I known,” Pagett said.