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“Even though Congress made it very clear and it’s in the legislation that they intended the Defense of Marriage Act to be respected and honored on military bases, several times now the administration has allowed various branches of the service to disregard that. This is the most blatant example. I think West Point is going to disappoint many of its …

“Army officials are experts at following orders–except when it comes to federal marriage law. For the second time in two weeks, the brass at West Point opened its gates to lesbian ‘wedding’ ceremonies in direct defiance of the Defense of Marriage Act. Adding insult to the law’s injury, Saturday’s service was held in the Cadet Chapel, a 176-year-old house of …

So sez Pat Robertson, who adds: “What have they done to our cherished institutions?”

A West Point graduate got married today in the first same-sex wedding ever held on the legendary military academy’s campus. Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate, exchanged vows in the regal church in a ceremony conducted by a senior Army chaplain. The ceremony comes a little more than a year after President Obama ended the military …

As we oh-so-anxiously await tomorrow’s news from the Supreme Court, Buzzfeed reporter Chris Geidner notes that the city of San Francisco is asking for a 24-hour advance notice on the possible ruling that again allows same-sex weddings in California. The city asked for the notice in a letter from Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese M. Stewart to the Ninth Circuit …

A lesbian couple in Washington state has reserved the Capitol Rotunda for the first Saturday that same-sex weddings can take place next month. And everybody is invited. She said that on election night, in the glow of victory, her idea evolved into a plan to have as many couples as possible get married in the Capitol in simultaneous or consecutive …

The Associated Press reports on the three states about a boom in business due to same-sex weddings. Add the coast of Maine, the banks of the Chesapeake Bay and the shores of Lake Washington to gay wedding destinations. Next month and in January, laws go into effect in Maine, Maryland and Washington that allow same-sex marriage. They’re the first states …

Sparkle, kids. Sparkle! (Via Good As You)

Father Tony performed the wedding of another JMG reader this weekend in NYC! Tony writes: Last night at City Winery, I joined in marriage long time JMG reader and past NYC Pride March director Maurice Michaane (right) and Dr. Michael Owen.  I spoke to the two families—Brooklyn Jewish and Kentucky Presbyterian — about how this ceremony represents the fruition of …

Gay Star News reports: Lu Zhong and Liu Wangqiang, 24 and 20 respectively, wowed their hometown of Ningde on Tuesday (2 Oct), a day after the national day, as their cascade of wedding cars paraded the city’s roads and parks and showcased their love. With the newly-weds attracting as many as 1000 onlookers, according to the West Strait Morning Post, …

Father Tony writes us this morning with some happy news: “At sunset on Friday night, longtime JMG reader Sean Smith (blue shirt) married his partner of 15 years, Kevin Beckford. On JMG, they had read about my policy of asking couples to donate to the Ali Forney Center in lieu of a fee and thought this was a good idea. …

Vermont’s Wildflower Inn has been fined $30,000 for turning away a lesbian couple that wanted to hold their wedding reception there. The couple was represented by the ACLU, who convinced the Vermont Human Rights Commission that the inn had violated state law on public accommodations. The losing Alliance Defense Fund denounces the decision: “Every American should be free to live …

Six years ago a New Mexico photography business refused to photograph a lesbian wedding, resulting in fines from the state Human Rights Commission and the martyrdom of the company to anti-gay groups nationwide. On Friday the New Mexico Supreme Court agreed to hear the company’s appeal from the Alliance Defense Fund. “Americans in the marketplace should not be subjected to …

This weekend our own Father Tony married Italian visitors Salvatore Stolfi and Massimo Porcelli in Jefferson Market Garden in Greenwich Village. The grooms requested that the ceremony open with the below statement written by Tony and translated for the mostly-Italian wedding party. Welcome to the marriage of Salvatore and Massimo! We have come together today to celebrate their life together. …

MSNBC host Thomas Roberts is set to become the first openly gay news anchor to get married. The New York Observer reports: Mr. Roberts says his late-September wedding to Patrick Abner, of Merck Pharmaceuticals’ HIV/AIDS division, and his public persona as a gay man, are unlikely to hurt his career at MSNBC—not least because, unlike certain newly out cable newsmen, …

JMG reader Birdie sends us the above photo and an explanation: “John (right) is acknowledged by his birth state of Illinois to be male and has changed his Illinois state ID and Social Security card to match. James’ California driver’s license has ‘female’ as his legal sex. (He does not want to change his legal sex unless they offer T …

“Dear Joe, Another attack came sooner than even I feared. I have just found out the SPLC is launching another attack on myself and Public Advocate as a whole. Last week I sent you several emails warning that the SPLC was determined to destroy our organization and our cause. Together, you helped me raise a decent amount of money for …

Earlier this month we learned that hate group leader Eugene Delgaudio had stolen a gay couple’s wedding photo for use in a nasty flier sent to Colorado’s voters. Yesterday the Southern Poverty Law Center weighed in. Today, the SPLC sent a cease-and-desist letter to the group and Eugene Delgaudio, its president. The letter, sent on behalf of the couple and …