Live Grammy Performance Featur Gay Weddgs
Contents:
- THE GRAMMYS' BIG GAY WEDDG FOR STRAIGHT SUPERSTARS
- GRAMMYS TURN MASS WEDDG GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATN
- 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
THE GRAMMYS' BIG GAY WEDDG FOR STRAIGHT SUPERSTARS
The mic giants joed forc to promote marriage equaly as both gay and straight upl were married at the same time. * gay wedding at the grammys *
RtersCongrats to the 33 upl, gay and straight, who walked to the Grammy Awards Sunday night unmarried and walked out as newlyweds.
It wasn’t really for gay rights eher.
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GRAMMYS TURN MASS WEDDG GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATN
Sunday's mass weddg ceremony at the Grammys wh gay upl prov the bate over same sex marriage is jt about over * gay wedding at the grammys *
Ehrlich was quoted as sayg that the upl stayed aisl near the dience out of ncern would be seen as "exploive" if they went on 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
* gay wedding at the grammys *
Same-sex marriage is legal all or part of 16 other 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 four Grammys cludg the prize for bt new artist, were joed halfway through their song by one of the gay muny’s most endurg ins — Madonna.
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
US awards ceremoni have creasgly embraced gay rights recent years, wh the Osrs stereotypilly viewed as a top televisn event for the gay muny. 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 .
The gay and straight weddgs were officiated by Queen Latifah while the h song about equaly was performed by the rap duo wh Madonna htg the stage wh them, along wh Mary Lambert and jazz artist Trombone Shorty. “When such a crilly acclaimed and popular rap artist puts marriage equaly center stage at one of the biggt events of the year, is the latt a long le of signs that our natn not only accepts, but celebrat the love and mment of gay upl today, ” said Ellis (who is married to Kristen Henrson of the band Antigone Risg).
After beg putized by Los Angel County, Latifah officiated the mass nuptials, which clud “gay, straight, old, young, of many rac and many lors, ” acrdg to the New York Tim. “Same Love, ” which featur songwrer Lambert on the chos, overtly addrs the cultural divi on the issue of gay marriage. 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.