Tag Archives: gay weddings

NEW JERSEY: Christian Heckler Disrupts Newark’s First Wedding Ceremony

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Greg Louganis Got Married

People Magazine has the story: Louganis, 53, married paralegal Johnny Chaillot, 52, Saturday evening at Geoffrey’s in Malibu. “It was amazing because I have so many people from all facets of my life here tonight and they are all here and celebrating it is all wonderful,” Louganis told PEOPLE immediately following the sunset ceremony. “I already feel different. The ceremony …

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Married

The gay Marine whose homecoming kiss went globally viral last year got married to his boyfriend yesterday in a small town the Finger Lakes area of western New York. Hit the link for more.

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Southern Baptists Attack George And Barbara Bush For Witnessing Gay Wedding

“President Bush did not merely attend the wedding. He also served as an official witness, signing the legal documents for the ceremony and the Maine wedding license. Under a photograph with the former president the couple added the words, ‘Getting our marriage license witnessed!’ The news coverage of the Bushes’ attendance at the same-sex wedding points to a reality that …

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PA Church Fires Pastor After Gay Wedding

The congregation of a Pennsylvania church has fired Pastor Ken Smeltzer after he officiated at a same-sex wedding in Montgomery County. Smeltzer was pastor for a local Church of the Brethren parish, which he has not identified since performing the marriage, because his beliefs differ from the congregation’s. Smeltzer said Monday that “a few things have to play out” before …

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Gay Veterans Marry At Senior Living Home

A gay couple together for 20 years has gotten married at their senior living home for veterans in a first for the facility. John Banvard, 95, and 67-year-old Gerard Nadeau, who served in Vietnam, said they wanted to have their ceremony among friends, so they chose to have it at the Veteran’s Home, where they’ve lived for the last three …

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Humanist Society Offers Free Gay Wedding Ceremonies To Military Members

Via press release: Free weddings services for same-sex couples are now being offered by humanist celebrants for active duty military personnel. This national endeavor is in support of the Jan. 2014 implementation of full spousal rights for same-sex couples in the military. Scores of humanist celebrants certified by the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Society are waiving their ceremony fee as …

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LAUNCHED: “Marry Me In Minneapolis”

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, seen above officiating at Minnesota’s first same-sex wedding, is in Chicago today to launch “Marry Me In Minneapolis,” a campaign that invites Illinoisans to visit his city for their gay marriages. Rybak’s message is that Chicagoans no longer have to make a long and expensive trip to the coasts to get married, just the six-hour drive …

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Be First SCOTUS Justice To Officiate At Same-Sex Wedding

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will tomorrow officiate at a same-sex wedding in Washington DC, becoming the first member of the Court to do so. The gala wedding of Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser and economist John Roberts at the performing arts center brings together the nation’s highest court and the capital’s high society and will mark a …

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NEW MEXICO: Supreme Court Rules That Photographer Discriminated Against Gays

The case that has inflamed anti-gay groups for years has finally been settled by the New Mexico state Supreme Court. Via press release from the ACLU: The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled today that Elane Photography illegally discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to photograph their commitment ceremony due to the business owner’s religious beliefs. The opinion stated: “We …

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New From Air New Zealand

The airline held New Zealand’s first-ever “same-sex marriage in the skies” yesterday and is promoting this clip with a sponsored hashtag on Twitter. (Tipped by JMG reader Russell)

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MINNEAPOLIS: Chief Of Police Marries

Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau has gotten married in a ceremony officiated by the mayor. Her wife, Holly Keegel, is also a city cop. They waited a few days to take advantage of the Aug 1 law that gave same-sex couples the right to marry in Minnesota. Chief called me first Saturday because when I interviewed her in June, I …

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Marriages Begin In New Zealand

It’s Monday in New Zealand and the same-sex marriages have commenced. The big day is here – it is now legal for same-sex couples to get married. And there are many lining up to finally tie the knot, with almost 1000 marriage forms downloaded, four couples racing to be the very first and 31 ceremonies around the country. One of …

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Tweet Of The Day – Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

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Yucatan Sees First Gay Marriage

The first same-sex wedding in the Mexican state of Yucatan was held yesterday. Translated from El Diario: The spouses are Javier Alberto Carrillo Esquivel and Ricardo Arturo Góngora, who last month won a federal injunction allowing them to get married. The gay wedding was hosted at the disco Blu Namu and was attended by 400 guests,  The couple, who wore …

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Larry Kramer Marries

The New York Times has the story: Larry Kramer, the award-winning playwright of “The Normal Heart” and longtime gay rights advocate, married his partner, David Webster, on Wednesday in the intensive care unit of NYU Langone Medical Center, where Mr. Kramer has been recovering from surgery for a bowel obstruction. Mr. Webster, in a telephone interview on Thursday, said the …

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PENNSYLVANIA: Lesbian Couple Marries In Philly Suburb Of Montgomery County

One day after officials in Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County offered to defy the ban on same-sex marriage, a lesbian couple has taken them up on it. Two women were wed in a religious ceremony Wednesday morning after getting a marriage license from county officials who defied a Pennsylvania law banning same-sex unions. Alicia Terrizzi, 45, said that she and Loreen Bloodgood …

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Michelangelo Signorile Got Married Today

Radio host and author Michelangelo Signorile got married today at New York City Hall in Manhattan. Congrats, guys! UPDATE: Mike’s husband’s name is David Gerstner. My apologies for not mentioning that earlier.

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Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera Hosts Mass Wedding Of 26 Gay Couples

Via Blabbeando.

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Uniformed Sailors At San Diego Pride, Plus The Event’s First-Ever Gay Wedding

Not only did uniformed members of the military march proudly in San Diego’s pride parade yesterday, the event saw its first-ever same-sex wedding. After seven years together, Liz and Tricia Woodley had waited long enough. Under the eaves of a simple, open-air gazebo, amid thousands of rainbow-hued celebrants, the Temecula couple exchanged vows. It was the first legal same-sex marriage …

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