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Joan Rivers officiates gay couple’s wedding at NY book signing
Comedian and author Joan Rivers on Monday officiated an impromptu wedding of a same-sex on at a book signing in New York City. Rivers, 81, was taking questions from her fans when Jed Ryan and Joe Aiello, a couple of three years, raised their hands and ask if the comic – who is an ordained minister capable of officiating weddings – would marry them …
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Season of Pride: Hundreds marry at Toronto’s Grand Pride Wedding
TORONTO — More than one hundred same-sex couples gathered for a mass wedding on Thursday as part of Toronto’s World Pride festivities, which wraps up today with a parade consisting of more than 12,000 marchers and over 200,000 spectators. For many, the highlight of this year’s World Pride was the Grand Pride Wedding, believed to be the largest …
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U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney marries longtime partner
COLD SPRING, N.Y. — Freshman U.S. congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has married his longtime partner. The New York Democrat exchanged vows with Randy Gene Florke at the Church of St. Mary-in-the-Highlands in Cold Spring.
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Presbyterian Church recognizes same-sex marriage as ‘Christian’
DETROIT — The top legislative body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Thursday to redefine Christian marriage in the church constitution as the union of “two people” instead of only “a man and a woman.” The amendment requires approval from a majority of the 172 regional presbyteries, which will vote on the change over the next year.
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Pittsburgh mayor officiates weddings for 19 same-sex couples
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has officiated his first weddings since taking office in January, presiding over a group ceremony for 19 same-sex couples in City Council chambers. The weddings coincided with the Pittsburgh Pridefest, and some of the couples had marched in the Pride Parade before they were married on Sunday.
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Brian and Toby: A same-sex couple’s wedding story
From their first date, it took Brian Rubin and Toby Sowers only days to fall in love and barely seven months to get engaged. Then the pace of their love story slowed. They spent 20 more months planning their wedding, a three-day flurry of celebrations and ceremonies in New York City.
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Same-sex couples still getting married in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — Judges in Milwaukee and Dane counties are marrying gay couples for a second day following a federal judge’s ruling overturning Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban. More than 60 couples were married in each county Friday, as courthouses stayed open late following the judge’s decision earlier that day.
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After 50 years together, Illinois marriage plaintiffs exchange vows
CHICAGO — Jim Darby and Patrick Bova, lead plaintiffs in Lambda Legal’s lawsuit seeking marriage equality for same-sex couples in Illinois, were married Monday after more than 50 years together. Among those attending the wedding at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art was Gov. Pat Quinn.
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Forty same-sex couples exchange vows in group wedding in Chicago park
Holding hands beneath thousands of soapy floating bubbles, 40 same-sex couples exchanged vows Sunday in a group wedding ceremony in Chicago’s Rogers Park to celebrate the first day of marriage equality in Illinois.
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Grammy winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge gets married
NEW YORK — Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and gay rights activist Melissa Etheridge has gotten married.
People magazine says the 53-year-old Etheridge married partner Linda Wallem at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California, on Saturday.