The choir drew other praise. Their voices filled the cathedral and thats not easy to do, said the Rev. Canon Eugene T. Sutton of Washington National Cathedral, who assisted in the service and who welcomed the Washington visitors. U.S. Rep. Brian Baird and his wife Rachel Nugent were guests at the service. Baird said he holds a special tie to the Cathedral  three years ago he proposed marriage while the couple strolled through Bishops Garden on Cathedral grounds. Baird noted, we came here after 9-11, its a place we come when people die in office and when national tragedies happen. He also spoke of how Washington National Cathedral binds people from various faiths and various parts of the country. This is a place where we all can come together to honor our tradition of religious freedom and our shared values, and to contemplate, which is a relatively rare opportunity in this town. Washington visitors played key roles throughout the service. June Jackson, director of spiritual formation at Seattle First United Methodist Church, read Scripture, as did Linda Chapman of Seattle, a regional leader of the National Cathedral Association.