At San Francisco City Hall, officials quickly conducted California's first same-sex marriage ceremony at 4:45 p.m. between Berkeley residents Kris Perry, 48, and Sandy Stier, 50. They were one of two couples whom successfully challenged the state's Proposition 8 ban in court. On Wednesda...
Photo: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Fans of Broadway, circle this date: This season’s Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at its familiar home of Radio City Music Hall. Producers of the show announced the date and location Monday. For the last few years, the telecast has bounced around ...
As a side note, to my horror, not only did the ceremony include the reading about "the woman should be submissive to the husband, as the husband is submissive to God", but the priest's homily started with, "Marriage is a cross". He actually said that he thinks God wants you to hav...
"Nor do I remember seeing Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) at any of the festivities attending the marriage of the present Emperor William, who was then merely the son of the crown prince. One reason for his absence, perhaps, was his reluctance to take part in the Fackeltanz, a most curio...
Jun 26, 2013The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, thereby requiring the federal government to recognize legal same-sex marriages. Jun 26, 2015The U.S. Supreme Courts rules that the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution guarantees that same-sex ...
She has such a strength of character and not only did she survive, she thrived. I was also thinking how tragic that her mom gave up any future relationship with her eldest daughter and missed out on so many of Angie's accomplishments and personal events, including our marriage." ...