The show-stoppg moment of the 56th annual Grammy Awards was the live nuptials of 33 upl, a mix of gay and straight, who tied the knot durg a performance of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ same-sex marriage anthem “Same Love.
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- THE GRAMMYS' BIG GAY WEDDG FOR STRAIGHT SUPERSTARS
- GIVE UP, GAY MARRIAGE HATERS: GRAMMYS MASS WEDDG PROV YOU’VE LOST
- GRAMMYS WILL FEATURE MASS GAY WEDDG DURG "SAME LOVE," OFFICIATED BY QUEEN LATIFAH. NO, SERLY!BY DAN AVERYJANUARY 26, 2014/12:45 PMBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 26, 2014 / 12:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GRAMMYS WILL FEATURE MASS GAY WEDDG DURG \"SAME LOVE,\" OFFICIATED BY QUEEN LATIFAH. NO, SERLY!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-01-26T17:45:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-01-26T17:45:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_120786" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="550"] MARY LAMBERT WH RYAN LEWIS AND MACKLEMORE AT THE 2013 VMAS[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 2014 GRAMMYS JT GOT A LOT MORE EXCG: THE NEW YORK TIM IS REPORTG THAT 34 GAY AND STRAIGHT UPL WILL BE WED DURG MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS' PERFORMANCE OF "SAME LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO WILL OFFICIATE THIS AMAZG GROUP WEDDG? NONE OTHER THAN RAPPER/ACTRS/TALK-SHOW HOST QUEEN LATIFAH. (WILL 'TIFAH TAKE THE OPPORTUNY TO E OUT, OR JT GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO "MY PEOPLE"? WE'LL HAVE TO WA AND SEE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEWIS SAYS THE EVENT “WILL BE, OUR MDS, THE ULTIMATE STATEMENT OF EQUALY, THAT ALL THE UPL ARE ENTLED TO THE SAME EXACT THG.” HIS SISTER IS AMONG THOSE WHO WILL GET HCHED AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CEREMONY WAS THE IA OF LONGTIME GRAMMYS PRODUCER KEN EHRLICH, WHOSE DGHTER IS A LBIAN, AND THE RAP DUO WERE EAGER TO JO . (LEWIS AND MACKLEMORE ARE NOMATED FOR SEVEN GRAMMYS TONIGHT, CLUDG SONG OF THE YEAR FOR “SAME LOVE.”) ERLICH SAYS THE EVENT REFLECTS HIS OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS, "BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO MAKE A BROAD STATEMENT THAT REPRENTS THE VIEWS OF THE AMY OR THE CBS TELEVISN WORK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRAMMY EXECUTIV ARE ED PREPARED FOR SOME NEGATIVE BACKLASH: “I EXPECT THAT PEOPLE WH ALL KDS OF OPNS MIGHT VOICE THEM,” SAYS NATNAL AMY OF RERDG ARTS AND SCIENC PRINT NEIL PORTNOW. "AND THAT’S HEALTHY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH MADONNA ALL BUT NFIRMED TO BE JOG THE BOYS FOR THE SONG, THIS ULD BE THE GAYT MOMENT ON TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[UMA_SNIPPET ID="1720876"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- A CHRISTIAN RPONSE TO THE GRAMMYS’ GAY WEDDG
- KATY PERRY, THE GRAMMY’S, GAY WEDDGS AND WCHCRAFT
- WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
- WATCH: MACKLEMORE AND QUEEN LATIFAH’S BIG, GAY, MULTIRACIAL MASS WEDDG AT THE GRAMMYS
- QUEEN LATIFAH, MADONNA MARRY GAY COUPL AT THE GRAMMYS
- GUY FIERI IS OFFICIATG FREE WEDDG FOR 101 GAY COUPL
- TV CHEF GUY FIERI OFFICIAT AT 101 GAY WEDDGS FLORIDA
- TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
- WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
THE GRAMMYS' BIG GAY WEDDG FOR STRAIGHT SUPERSTARS
Sunday's mass weddg ceremony at the Grammys wh gay upl prov the bate over same sex marriage is jt about over * gay wedding on grammys *
LOS ANGELES: The mic dtry's top night turned to the big day for 34 upl on Sunday as Madonna and other stars prid over a mass weddg a celebratn of gay marriage.
Macklemore and Lewis, who racked up Grammys cludg bt new artist, were joed halfway through their song by one of the gay muny's most endurg ins -- Madonna. US awards ceremoni have creasgly embraced gay rights recent years, wh the Osrs stereotypilly viewed as a top televisn event for the gay muny. In 2001, rap superstar Emem, unr fire for his e of anti-gay ephets, performed a duet at the Grammys wh the openly gay Elton John.
Seventeen US stat and the pal Washgton allow gay marriage, and opn polls show that a majory of Amerins support same-sex upl' right to wed, a rapid turnaround jt the past .
GIVE UP, GAY MARRIAGE HATERS: GRAMMYS MASS WEDDG PROV YOU’VE LOST
A supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Court. * gay wedding on grammys *
RtersCongrats to the 33 upl, gay and straight, who walked to the Grammy Awards Sunday night unmarried and walked out as newlyweds.
GRAMMYS WILL FEATURE MASS GAY WEDDG DURG "SAME LOVE," OFFICIATED BY QUEEN LATIFAH. NO, SERLY!BY DAN AVERYJANUARY 26, 2014/12:45 PMBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 26, 2014 / 12:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GRAMMYS WILL FEATURE MASS GAY WEDDG DURG \"SAME LOVE,\" OFFICIATED BY QUEEN LATIFAH. NO, SERLY!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-01-26T17:45:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-01-26T17:45:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_120786" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="550"] MARY LAMBERT WH RYAN LEWIS AND MACKLEMORE AT THE 2013 VMAS[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 2014 GRAMMYS JT GOT A LOT MORE EXCG: THE NEW YORK TIM IS REPORTG THAT 34 GAY AND STRAIGHT UPL WILL BE WED DURG MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS' PERFORMANCE OF "SAME LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO WILL OFFICIATE THIS AMAZG GROUP WEDDG? NONE OTHER THAN RAPPER/ACTRS/TALK-SHOW HOST QUEEN LATIFAH. (WILL 'TIFAH TAKE THE OPPORTUNY TO E OUT, OR JT GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO "MY PEOPLE"? WE'LL HAVE TO WA AND SEE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEWIS SAYS THE EVENT “WILL BE, OUR MDS, THE ULTIMATE STATEMENT OF EQUALY, THAT ALL THE UPL ARE ENTLED TO THE SAME EXACT THG.” HIS SISTER IS AMONG THOSE WHO WILL GET HCHED AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CEREMONY WAS THE IA OF LONGTIME GRAMMYS PRODUCER KEN EHRLICH, WHOSE DGHTER IS A LBIAN, AND THE RAP DUO WERE EAGER TO JO . (LEWIS AND MACKLEMORE ARE NOMATED FOR SEVEN GRAMMYS TONIGHT, CLUDG SONG OF THE YEAR FOR “SAME LOVE.”) ERLICH SAYS THE EVENT REFLECTS HIS OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS, "BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO MAKE A BROAD STATEMENT THAT REPRENTS THE VIEWS OF THE AMY OR THE CBS TELEVISN WORK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRAMMY EXECUTIV ARE ED PREPARED FOR SOME NEGATIVE BACKLASH: “I EXPECT THAT PEOPLE WH ALL KDS OF OPNS MIGHT VOICE THEM,” SAYS NATNAL AMY OF RERDG ARTS AND SCIENC PRINT NEIL PORTNOW. "AND THAT’S HEALTHY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH MADONNA ALL BUT NFIRMED TO BE JOG THE BOYS FOR THE SONG, THIS ULD BE THE GAYT MOMENT ON TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[UMA_SNIPPET ID="1720876"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
The mic giants joed forc to promote marriage equaly as both gay and straight upl were married at the same time. * gay wedding on grammys *
It wasn’t really for gay rights eher.
A CHRISTIAN RPONSE TO THE GRAMMYS’ GAY WEDDG
AT&T's U-verse digal ble provir scrambled this morng to figure out why some of s subscribers saw Sunday night's Grammy Awards broadst drop out jt as Queen Latifah teed up a segment that would ultimately marry more than 30 upl, both straight and gay. * gay wedding on grammys *
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The Grammys mass weddg moment Sunday — where 33 upl, cludg a sprklg of gay on, were joed matrimony by Queen Latifah — might have been a stunt, but was an effective one. There’s no better way to normalize gay marriage than to simply show would have thought we live a world where the prim and tradnal Rose Para would break this ground before the Grammys got around to ? MORE: Grammy weddg vioOn Sunday, the tradnal weddg procsnal was replaced by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis sgg “Same Love, ” a plea for equal rights that has bee an anthem the gay muny.
It begs wh Macklemore reuntg himself as a third-grar, qutng his sexualy bee he’s jt like his gay uncle — artsy and neat. He m about whether the hip-hop world would hate him if he were gay, plor the sual e of anti-gay slurs and nclus:... Mark Herrg announced that he would not fend his state’s gay marriage ban bee was unnstutnal.
KATY PERRY, THE GRAMMY’S, GAY WEDDGS AND WCHCRAFT
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Feral urts have stck down gay marriage bans Oklahoma and Utah (where 1, 000 gay upl married before the Supreme Court granted a stay on Jan. )And several stat are nsirg ballot iativ to legalize gay marriage — cludg possibly Oh, where the state’s voters banned 2004.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
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Bh, who won the state by some 120, 000 vot, cementg his if gay marriage is gog to be a wedge issue the future, ’s one that’s gog to benef Democrats, acrdg to the Washgton Matt Canter, the spokman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commtee told the Post’s Julia Eilper:“There isn’t a sgle Republin big-money group that spends signifint rourc Senate rac that has even been willg to say on the rerd, ‘Y, we will mpaign on discrimatn and bigotry and attack Democrats who support equaly, ’ ” Canter said.
WATCH: MACKLEMORE AND QUEEN LATIFAH’S BIG, GAY, MULTIRACIAL MASS WEDDG AT THE GRAMMYS
Guy Fieri is the celebry officiant Art Smh's ee weddg for 101 gay upl durg the SOBEWFF, Duff Goldman is makg the ke" emprop="scriptn * gay wedding on grammys *
”Wh only two exceptns, gay marriage has losts s power to be a batterg ram for, the party is hopg to e to attract relig black voters, who nsistently oppose gay marriage.
QUEEN LATIFAH, MADONNA MARRY GAY COUPL AT THE GRAMMYS
McLennan County Jtice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsu after a state agency warned her about refg to marry gay upl. She hop a recent U.S. Supreme Court se about relig eedom helps her e. * gay wedding on grammys *
And send, has power Republin primari, where ndidat are still fightg about who is more mted to beg on the wrong si of saw that last year Wyomg, where gay marriage beme an issue the Republin U. Senate primary between the cumbent Mike Enzi and his challenger, Liz, who had favored feral benefs for same-sex upl when she worked at the State Department, was acced of beg soft on gay marriage.
Her sistence that she opposed opened an ugly fay rift, as her married gay sister, Mary, publicly berated Dick and Liz Cheney took Liz’s si, soon beme apparent that even nservative Wyomg Republins didn’t want to see a high-profile fay ripped apart by the issue. In a strangely nvoluted way, that was a kd of a PR victory for gay marriage.
When even the notorly gay phobic hip-hop world has e around, ’s fair to nclu the sea has changed. Some of the most memorable Grammy performanc of all time have e om gay, bisexual, and lbian year, Lil Nas X, The Brothers Osborne, and Brandi Carlile are performg. Will one of them be the next legendary gay performance at the Grammys?
GUY FIERI IS OFFICIATG FREE WEDDG FOR 101 GAY COUPL
Emem helped end homophobia 2001 when he performed his song "Stan" at the Grammys wh inic gay sger Elton John steppg for the hook. Even though the song is technilly about a ranged and obssive fan wh a gay csh on Emem who murrs his girliend, was an overall posive for gay reprentatn. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed their Ally Anthem "Same Love" wh queer sger Mary Lambert while Queen Latifah officiated 33 gay marriag.
TV CHEF GUY FIERI OFFICIAT AT 101 GAY WEDDGS FLORIDA
One gay in to another, Miley Cys joed the origal legend Elton John at the 60th Grammys 2018 to sg the classic Elton h "Ty Dancer.
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"Wh Madonna all but nfirmed to be jog the boys for the song, this uld be the gayt moment on televisn ever. The 2014 Grammys featured a mass weddg that clud homosexuals.
TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
Khiree Stewart: What is your stance right on gay marriage and same sex marriage? I’m a nservative Christian, which means I take many parts of the Bible lerally and throughout the Scriptur both ttaments, old and the new homosexualy is wrten about on a number of ocsns and while we love the homosexual muny, those practic are a s.
Khiree Stewart: Both of the gay and straight upl that got married on stage. And the homosexual anizatn GLAD, they’re very vol and ant, they remd of the people om Wtboro Baptist Church, the on who prott at a lot of ary funerals who tell the ary people that they’re gog to Hell and all of that sort of stuff.
Brad Huddlon: Well, the homosexual muny, the LGBTQ muny fely have momentum and there has been a cultural shift the past ten, twenty years that is unniable.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
I hope that the momentum stops, bee I’m a Christian and anythg that separat om God, which is s, homosexualy the Bible is listed as one of those ss that separat om God.
I fear that he will ga ground for the homosexual lobby.
What are your thoughts on people who go to church but still nsir themselv, people who are homosexual, that are same sex marriag who still go to church and nsir themselv to be Christian lovg or God lovg people. Brad Huddlon: I draw a distctn between practicg homosexuals and non-practicg homosexuals.