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Britain's showbiz royalty - Elton John and David Furnish - exchanged vows and diamond wedding bands during a ceremony that capped the first week of legalized civil unions in the United Kingdom.
Opting to use the 17th century Town Hall where Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles got married in April, John and Furnish sealed their union with a kiss before facing hundreds of photographers and fans on the cobbled streets outside
Come on America, let's catch up to the rest of the world! I'm tired of our race to the bottom where we increasingly have more in common with backwards nations. Let's start living up to our lofty creed of freedom and liberty.
3 Comments:
As I understand the custom, when a straight knight (e.g. Sir Something-or-other) marries, his spouse is given the honorary title of "Lady Something-or-other." I also understand that sex descrimination is illegal in the UK. So.... does Mr. Furnish now become "Lord Elton?" or Lord David, or what? Certainly not "Lady Elton," but you never know what the Brits will do.
posted by Glynn Harper, at
12/22/2005 10:14 AM
Glynn, I'm sure in gay circles David will be referred to as "Lady Elton", just to be campy. I just find it all very remarkable, all the rights and privileges of marriage and come January 1, 2006, gay British couples will have the right to adopt children. I wonder if David took Elton's last name, its now permissible under the new law there. I think is all pretty amazing. Congratulations to them both and many happy years of "married" life.
