Tag Archives: gay weddings

This weekend Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will officiate at a same-sex wedding in New York. The wedding will be for Danny Rubens, her former law clerk, and his partner Danny Grossman, also an attorney, according to Deadline Detroit. “Justice Ginsburg will not have any comment beyond confirming she will officiate at the wedding of Danny Rubens and Danny …

Via the Associated Press: The owners of a lodge in central Minnesota have agreed to pick up the tab for the wedding and reception of a same-sex couple they initially turned away. The Minnesota Human Rights Department says Cole Frey and his fiance have settled their discrimination case against the owners of Rice Creek Hunting and Recreation. The Rice Creek …

As I reported yesterday, the Liberty Ridge wedding venue in upstate New York has been fined $13,000 for turning away a gay couple. According to Focus On The Family, this constitutes a “home invasion” by them horrible gays because the owners live on the third floor of the joint.

Via Gay City News: The New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) has found that a rural wedding venue that denied a lesbian couple use of its facility violated the state’s Human Rights Law. In the August 8 ruling –– first reported in the Albany Times Union –– Acting Commissioner Helen Diane Foster formally adopted a recommendation by Migdalia …

“At Pennsylvania’s Cake Pros shop, they’re pros at more than baking. Lorraine Fleming knew the day might come when she’d have to stand up for her beliefs on marriage. And this month, it did. Like the bridal shop just a few hours down the road, Cake Pros was the target of an underground movement to expose and torment businesses with …

Yet another Pennsylvania business has legally refused to serve a gay couple. Growing up in Schuylkill Haven, Jennifer and Bethany Petrich, said they were very familiar with the Cake Pros bakery. That’s why when the two were planning a ceremony to renew their vows the bakery seemed like an obvious choice to supply the cake. “My mom, who is planning …

If you can stand it.

“Obviously, W.W. Bridal Boutique isn’t the only wedding dress shop in town. These women could have easily taken their business elsewhere — but chose to retaliate instead. That’s because, at its core, this isn’t about accommodation. It’s about forced acceptance. When religious liberty clashes with homosexuality — as it has from bakeries to flower shops — the storylines are all …

Via the Associated Press: A bridal store’s refusal to sell wedding gowns to a same-sex couple is stirring debate in a central Pennsylvania town. W.W. Bridal Boutique owner Victoria Miller tells the newspaper that “providing those two girls dresses for a sanctified marriage would break God’s law.” Bloomsburg Town Council plans to discuss the incident at a meeting on Monday. …

If you are married, tell us all about your wedding. Did you opt for a simple “I do” at city hall or did you go for the full traditional ceremony? How did your families handle it? If you’re not married, tell us about the gay weddings that you’ve attended. Let’s hear about music, seating, food, and vows.

ABC News reports: Two people will tie the knot during the 12th and final season of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men,” and you may be surprised who they are and why they’re getting married. CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler confirmed to ABC News that Ashton Kutcher’s character Walden will pop the question to Jon Cryer’s Alan. Tassler confirmed that …

Via the Associated Press: A suburban Denver baker has appealed an order from the Colorado Civil Rights Commission that requires him to prepare wedding cakes for gay couples. Jack Phillips on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeals to reverse the May ruling by the commission. Phillips was sued by a gay couple after he refused to make a cake to …

A wedding venue near Scranton is refusing to host same-sex ceremonies. When Pennsylvania’s gay marriage ban was ruled unconstitutional by a federal court, Desiree Mark of Greenfield Twp. abandoned her plans to be married in New York or Connecticut and happily focused on planning a wedding in her home state. When the 29-year-old sent queries to Scranton area wedding venues …

Gay Star News has the story: From today British consulates around Australia are allowed to marry same-sex couples where at least one of the parties is a UK citizen. What is believed to be the first such marriage in Australia took place today around 3pm at the British consulate near Sydney’s Circular Quay and involved a Scottish Australian couple. Peter …

Yesterday’s action in Colorado by the Boulder County Clerk was copied late yesterday afternoon in Missouri, as four gay couples married in the office of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay. St. Louis is mounting the first direct challenge of the state ban. The city, which operates as an independent municipality, also performs county functions. The four marriage licenses were signed …

Marion County Clerk Beth White has arranged for marriage officiants to accept donations to the Indiana Youth Group, which advocates on behalf of LGBT kids, in lieu of payment for conducting same-sex weddings. From her Facebook page: Here’s your final update from the Clerk’s office for today, Wednesday, June 25. The last couple was married about 11PM today, capping off …

Via the Indianapolis Star: Marion County Clerk Beth White said she is prepared to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in her office at the City-County Building in Downtown Indianapolis. “Chief Judge Richard Young’s decision on marriage equality sets forth a clear course of action for this office to follow regarding same-sex marriage licenses. It is my responsibility to uphold …

Via CBS New York: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is now a married man. The openly gay New York congressman wed his longtime partner, Randy Gene Florke, at the Church of St. Mary-in-the-Highlands in Cold Spring. Florke proposed in December after the youngest of their three children wrote to Santa wishing for her parents to be married. The 47-year-old Maloney represents …