Officiant - shocked and appalled

So i have been thinking about this for some time and trying to decide whether i should post about it or not, but i think its something worth knowing when it comes to choosing the person who is going to make your wedding what the day is really all about. and when i came to realize that he was a LIW 'vendor', i definitely thought it was appropriate to share.

a few months back when we started looking for an officiant we contacted someone who had married our friends and came highly recommended. we called him and clicked right away, he sent us sample ceremonies and we went back and forth via email several times. about a week later he sent me an email that he completely forgot and didnt realize that he had another wedding already booked for that day. i was really upset since i had gotten myself so overwhelmed about finding the right person for us and now i had to start all over. we told our friends what had happened, at which point they told us that he was already booked for their date when they had contacted him as well, and they were late in the game with choosing an officiant. this officiant basically told them that if he were paid the right price he would cancel on his previous committment and do their wedding. which they did, and he cancelled on the other couple. personally, i find that to be appalling. what about this other couple?? what if this was who they had their hearts set on to marry them? why should they have to find someone else at the last minute because it turns out their officiant cares more about money? There is no way in H E L L i would ever offer that person more money, that principle doesnt even reflect what he is supposed to stand for. it disgusts me. what if someone else offered him more money on top of it?? where does it end?

anyway, i'd rather not post the name right here since this person is a liw approved officiant and it will probably get pulled faster than you can say money hungry, but i have no problem sharing the info with you via FM. i just feel like out of all the aspects of a wedding and all the vendors that can potentially scr*w you over, this shouldnt be one of them. i know for us when we met with our officiant - who i am so thankful to have found and could not be happier to have marrying us - i finally felt like, this is really what the wedding is all about, and it felt so good. that shouldnt be tainted by money.