Showing posts with label Gay Marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gay Marriage. Show all posts
Monday, October 8, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
Christina Aguilera helps two male fans get engaged on first night of her tour!
Christina Aguilera had a romantic surprise planned last night on the first stop of her Liberation tour.
‘I have a really special surprise that’s happening tonight,’ she told the audience while performing in Hollywood, Florida. ‘I wanna welcome two special people to the stage.’
Fans Mike Kontomanolis and Ben Lear came onstage, and Aguilera handed her mic to Lear. ‘Thank you for being an inspiration not only to everyone here, but to him,’ Lear told the singer, gesturing to Kontomanolis.
He then turned towards the other man: ‘You’re kind, you’re loving. Six years ago, you proposed to me, and you gave me the opportunity to say yes. Tonight, in front of Christina, I’m gonna ask you the same question.’
Pulling a ring box out of his pocket, Lear dropped to one knee and proposed. Kontomanolis, clearly emotional, immediately nodded his head yes.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Miss America 2005 Marries Same-Sex Partner in Alabama
When Deidre Downs was crowned Miss America more than a decade ago, the idea of legalized gay marriage and Miss America later marrying her same-sex partner in Alabama would have been an unimaginable future.
Former Miss Alabama 2004 and Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs Gunn married her girlfriend, attorney Abbott Jones, in a ceremony Saturday at the Birmingham Museum of Art. They flew out Sunday night from Atlanta for a honeymoon in Ireland.
By Monday morning, their wedding was the talk of Alabama. About 200 people who attended were sworn to secrecy until after the event, with People magazine having an exclusive agreement to share the news.
Deidre, a UAB obstetrician-gynecologist specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and Abbott shared their joy from their honeymoon in a statement to AL.com on Monday.
“When we turned to recess down the aisle after the ceremony and really took notice of all of the family and friends who had gathered to celebrate our marriage, we felt so blessed to be surrounded by so much love and support,” they wrote in a joint statement.
Their union may have left Alabama surprised and a little stunned, but perhaps also wowed by the boldness and beauty of the ceremony.
“It was beautiful; it was gorgeous,” said Nan Teninbaum, president of the Miss Alabama Pageant, who attended the ceremony. “I love and I support Deidre. I wish her the very best of everything.”
The ceremony was officiated by an openly lesbian minister, the Rev. Jennifer Sanders, pastor of Beloved Community Church in Birmingham.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Germany Celebrates 1st Same-Sex Weddings After Law Change
BERLIN (AP) — Germany celebrated its first same-sex weddings Sunday, after a new law came into force putting gay and lesbian couples on an equal legal footing with heterosexual couples.
Town halls in Berlin, Hamburg and elsewhere opened their doors to mark the event, made possible by a surprise vote in Parliament three months earlier.
“We’re making a single exception to fire a symbolic starter pistol because same-sex marriages are possible from today,” said Gordon Holland, a registrar in Berlin’s Schoeneberg district.
Holland said it was appropriate for Schoeneberg to hold the first same-sex wedding in the country because it has long been a center of gay life in the German capital.
About 60 guests and an equal number of journalists packed into Schoeneberg town hall’s “Golden Room” to witness the marriage of Karl Kreile and his partner of 38 years, Bodo Mende.
The grooms entered the room to the popular “Wedding March” by 19th-century German composer Felix Mendelssohn, before saying their vows and signing the marriage documents to applause and cheers from the assembled guests.
Kreile, 59, said it was an “incredible honor” to be the first same-sex couple to marry in Germany, noting that he and Mende, 60, had been campaigning for gay rights for decades.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Jim Parsons Married Todd Spiewak at the Rainbow Room!
“Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons married Todd Spiewak on Saturday night at the Rainbow Room in New York.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
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Monday, March 13, 2017
Colton Haynes & Boyfriend Jeff Leatham Are Engaged!
'Teen Wolf' actor Colton Haynes and his boyfriend, celebrity floral designer Jeff Leatham, got engaged!
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016
Congratulations to Gio Benitez & Tommy DiDario Who Got Married!
Surrounded by 160 friends and family, Gio Benitez & Tommy DiDario exchanged self-written vows before sunset at the historic Walton House, a secluded English cottage framed by tropical gardens.
"It's so special to see how excited our friends and family have been about this wedding," says Benitez, 30. "It truly is a celebration of love – our own, and what love means in their own lives. We are so moved and humbled to celebrate together."
Adds DiDario, 30, whose sister Megs officiated the wedding: "The support and love our family and friends have shown throughout this journey have made the entire experience that much more special."
Friday, April 15, 2016
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