James;
While I do not know for sure, good bet that they do have some SOP that they run operation on.
Here is their web site-ask them:
http://www.wish.org/
http://www.wish.org/about/how_we_grant_wishes
http://www.wish.org/about/frequently_asked_questions

because that movie was like this


how sad/sweet


kind of strange, but so is everything relating to the heart

i'm glad she got her wish, I hope she enjoyed her wedding night. ;)

You know the dude will have strange memories forever though, but good for him, its good he's doing/did this.

they would have to, now at least, otherwise they'd be trapped in their own PC paradox.

Not maybe the most conventional wish, but why not? For most people the actual wedding part is just a big party, anyway.

I was pretty evenly split...I'm kind of creeped out by the whole implications for the "groom" to be, but my opinions don't really count for much anyway.

Here's a news video with footage from the ceremony. She was a lovely bride and seems very happy about it. I wish them well.

http://keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_260131824.html

Umm OK. They didn't need a lot of other things, like building permits, either. :)

If they want to have a commitment ceremony that's fine, but I think there are probably people in her congregation (or denomination) that aren't crazy about it being performed by a minister in a church. It's not the same as a gay marriage because they COULD legally get married - they're just not because of the insurance.

I don't know, something about this just bugs me.

Me too, but if it's what she wants, go for it.

Once I read the article for myself, I didn't find her wish to be weird AT ALL.

She and her boyfriend who proposed last summer, want to be together and IF she weren't going to dye, hopefully they would end up together. She is realistic enough to know that because of her illness, a wedding somewhere down the line simply wasn't going to be possible.

As for having a committment ceremony, due to insurance issues, sounds reasonable to me also.

I have CHF, to the tune of 90% heart failure. And at this time, I probably wouldn't MARRY a man without a great insurance plan, we'd be broke...

I commend her for knowing what she wanted. Some children choose to have state of the art electronic set ups, huge sweet 16s, really special vacation. She wanted to experience a wedding to her true love as she knows it right now.

To me, that is a reasonable request....what about those people who request to see someone famous...to me, this is something that those closest to her got to participate in and will remember upon her death! It really showed the commitment level of her boyfriend - I think it is great!

If I was dying, I know that this would be my wish! Getting married is one of those big milestones in life in addition to having children and watching them grow up (which she'll never have or get to see). What should she do as her last wish? Go to Disney world?! lol
I also love how her boyfriend is staying by her side even though it must be tough for him to know she'll die and watch her decline. I wonder how long they've been together.

So? What concern is it of them? If it bothers them that much, they should change churches. The Methodists are a farily liberal crew anyway, so I doubt too many people cared - especially giving the circumstances.

In terms of the wish, I also don't see the creepiness of it. Yes she's young, but it's not like she's 13. She knows she's gonna die, it's a huge life event she wanted to experience, that's it.

I think it's sweet. And I suspect the only major difference is that they won't be signing a marriage license at the end.

If some people are more concerned about the assumed extra-marital sex that will be happening on the honeymoon then what this is really about, then they need more things to do with all that time on their hands.

Exactly, especially the last line. Love conquers all. Even Death.

They made a point to say that the mother would be chaperoning the honeymoon.

She looked lovely, and he looked happy. I think it's a little odd, but very sweet.