Tag Archives: gay weddings

Lesbians Wed At Tokyo Disney

Flanked by Mickey and Minnie, a lesbian couple was (not legally) married on Friday at Tokyo’s Disney Resort. The event on Friday was the first homosexual wedding in the popular amusement park even though gay marriage has no legal standing in Japan.The couple first hit the headlines after the theme park initially told them there would be no problem with …

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New Site: Chic Gay Honeymoons

They call themselves “the first bespoke luxury travel company to focus on chic romantic getaways and sophisticated honeymoons for gay couples.” Strictly for the high rollers, obviously. It’ll be Niagara Falls for the hoi polloi.

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OREGON: Baker Refuses To Make Wedding Cake For Lesbian Couple

The state of Oregon is following up on a discrimination complaint from a lesbian couple who were refused service by a wedding cake baker. Did Sweet Cakes owner Aaron Klein violate the law when he told the couple that he couldn’t sell them a cake because “they were abominations to the Lord?” That’s what Oregon Attorney General’s civil enforcement officers …

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Actor Jim Nabors Comes Out, Get Married

That actor and singer Jim Nabors is gay has been quietly known for decades, but now he’s officially come out and gotten married. Jim Nabors, the Hawaii resident well known for his starring role in the 1960s television sitcom “Gomer Pyle, USMC,” married his longtime male partner early this month, he told Hawaii News Now Tuesday. Nabors, 82, said he …

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Gay Ugandans Marry In Sweden

Sweden’s The Local reports: A couple who claim to be the first Ugandan men to be legally married face an uncertain future after recently tying the knot in a Swedish church, with one facing possible deportation that the other fears could result in his husband’s death. Last weekend, Lawrence Kaala and Jimmy Sserwadda were all smiles as they exchanged vows …

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Washington National Cathedral To Begin Hosting Same-Sex Weddings

The Washington National Cathedral, which is an Episcopal church, will soon begin hosting same-sex weddings. Even though it is known that the Episcopal Church, a small but prominent part of American Christianity, has been supportive of equality for gay men and lesbians, “it’s something for us to say we are going to do this in this very visible space where …

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Maryland Marriages Begin

Together 35 years, Jim Scales and Bill Tasker were the first to marry early this morning at Baltimore City Hall. Other weddings took place across the state at about the same time.

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Maine Marriages Begin

The Portland Press Herald reports: Michael Snell and Steven Bridges emerged from City Hall early Saturday morning to ecstatic cheers from close to 300 people who gathered to celebrate Maine’s first same-sex weddings. With 15 couples waiting for marriage licenses, Snell and Bridges became the first to exchange vows in the city clerk’s office, shortly after midnight. When asked right …

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Maine Marriages Start Tomorrow

Same-sex marriages commence in Maine tomorrow and Portland City Hall is bracing for a rush after midnight tonight. “We’re prepared for pretty much any kind of crowd we could get,” said Chris Farwell, a city event coordinator who is responsible for logistics on Saturday. Portland is one of a handful of communities in Maine that plan special office hours Saturday, …

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Marriage Equality

Giggling at the name combinations in wedding announcements has been a staple of late night television for decades. As the above image is making the rounds today, it appears that gay couples are now eligible for the same treatment. This is a good thing, really. Best wishes to the happy couple.

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Seattle’s Famed Bears Tie The Knot

Larry Duncan (left) and Randell Shepherd, whose marriage license photo rocketed around the world last week, ditched their country bear gear for the official ceremony on Sunday. (Tipped by JMG reader Bob)

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VIDEO: Same-Sex Weddings Performed During Seattle Chorus Concert

Clip description via JMG reader Sean Chapin: “December 9, 2012 was the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in the state of Washington. During the holiday concert on December 9 for Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC), two couples were married on stage. Neil Hoyt (member of SMC) and his partner of 24 years, Donald Jenny, were married first. Then Jane …

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Yesterday In Seattle

Via email from Sean Chapin: This picture is of the Seattle Mens’ and Women’s Chorus (they’re gay-identifying choruses). During their weekend concert, one gay and one lesbian couple both with the longest relationships got married onstage, coinciding with the day when marriages became legal in Washington. From what I heard, the lesbian couple pictured here have been together for over …

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Dan Savage Tweets: “This Happened”

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Weddings Begin In Washington State

Same-sex weddings commenced in Washington state today shortly after the stroke of midnight. The couple above was the very first. And the name of the judge marrying these happy ladies? Mary Yu. True story.

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MAINE: Portland City Hall To Perform Midnight Marriages On Dec. 29th

Portland’s City Hall will open at midnight on December 29th, the first day that gay Mainers can marry. The announcement came a day after Augusta said it would open its offices for the same purpose on that Saturday, during more traditional morning hours. Portland decided to go a little further and open the minute the law takes effect. “There was …

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Today’s Lie From NOM

As you’d guess, this wedding vendor isn’t being “forced” to do anything.  They aren’t even going out of business, despite Brian Brown’s typical lie. An Annapolis wedding vendor plans to ask Maryland’s General Assembly to give his company and others like him the right to refuse services to gay couples on religious grounds. “The law exempts my minister from doing …

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Tweet Of The Day

Colonel Margaret Cammermeyer, you should know, was played by Glenn Close in the 1995 movie Serving In Silence, which tracked her successful court battle to be reinstated to the Washington National Guard after her 1989 disclosure that she is a lesbian. Cammermeyer now serves on a civilian advisory committee to the Department of Defense after retiring from the National Guard …

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WA Judges Step Up For Marriages

Via Slog blogger Dominic Holden: After learning that City Hall is fully booked for weddings on December 9, the first day gay couples can legally wed in Washington State, King County Superior Court judge Susan Craighead called this afternoon to let me know that judges have made a plan. Judges will come into the courthouse on their day off, unpaid, …

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SEATTLE: 140 Gay Couples To Marry At City Hall On December 9th

Dan Savage is thrilled: More than 140 couples have registered to marry at City Hall on December 9, the first day that all couples will be free to legally marry in Washington state. All the available slots did book up quickly. Mayor McGinn and his team and the judges who are donating their time—all of whom have been wonderful—extended the …

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