The U.K.’s First Gay Marriage

Contents:

• IN PICTUR: UK'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS
• FIRST COUPL WED AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL UK
• BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE
• THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGENEW ERAAT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY, ENGLAND AND WAL WELED THE FIRST GAY MARRIAG BRISH HISTORY. AND THE VERY FIRST ONE VOLVED AN AMERIN.NI HWORLD EDORUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 4:31PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 29, 2014 6:58PM EDT MATT DUNHAM/APA WHIRLWD ROMANCE THAT BEGAN LOS ANGEL SEALED A PLACE THE BRISH HISTORY BOOKS THIS WEEKEND AS SCLAIR TREADWAY AND SEAN ADL-TABATABAI BEME ONE OF THE UNTRY’S FIRST GAY UPL TO BE LEGALLY WED.THEY EXCHANGED A PAIR OF SIMPLE GOLD BANDS A CEREMONY THAT BEGAN AT 12:01 A.M. ON SATURDAY, THE FIRST DAY SAME-SEX MARRIAG WERE ALLOWED BRA. TREADWAY’S PARENTS, WHO FLEW OM THE U.S. FOR THE CELEBRATN, WERE AMONG 100 GUTS CROWD TO CAMN TOWN HALL NORTH LONDON.WH THE BRISH PRIME MISTER AMONG THOSE OFFERG NGRATULATNS, TREADWAY, 20, OM SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, SAID HAD BEEN AN OVERWHELMG EXPERIENCE JT ONE YEAR AFTER HE MET HIS PARTNER THE U.S. “IT’S ALL HAPPENED TOO QUICKLY 'S HARD TO TAKE , BUT I AM JT SO THRILLED AND AMAZED THAT OUR WEDDG IS SO IMPORTANT NOT JT TO BUT TO THE RT OF ENGLAND AND WAL AND THE WORLD,” HE SAID.THE CEREMONY WAS LED BY THE MAYOR OF CAMN, JONATHAN SIMPSON. HE SAID, “AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LGBT MUNY WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF SEAN AND SCLAIR'S HAPPY DAY.” COUPL ALL OVER THE UNTRY WERE SAYG “I DO” AS THE CLOCK STCK MIDNIGHT WH CEREMONI PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PRIME MISTER CAMERON SENT HIS REGARDS TO ALL OF THE HAPPY UPL. "CONGRATULATNS TO THE GAY UPL WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN MARRIED—AND MY BT WISH TO THOSE ABOUT TO BE ON THIS HISTORIC DAY,” HE WROTE ON TWTER.A BILL LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE WAS PASSED BY THE HO OF PARLIAMENT LAST YEAR, ALLOWG THE WEDDGS TO TAKE PLACE TEN YEARS AFTER SAME-SEX CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS WERE HERED TO BRISH LAW. THE LEARS OF THE THREE MA POLIL PARTI HAVE ALL OFFERED THEIR SUPPORT TO THE TRODUCTN OF GAY MARRIAG.THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, WHICH HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX UNNS FOR FIVE CENTURI, REMAS SPL ON THE ISSUE BUT THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NCED THAT THE CHURCH’S EVOLUTN ON THE ISSUE HAD BEEN OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS. "THE LAW'S CHANGED; WE ACCEPT THE SUATN," HE TOLD THE BBC.LONDONERS JOHN COFFEY AND BERNARDO MARTI ALSO RACED TO BE MARRIED AS SOON AS WAS LEGALLY POSSIBLE. THEIR CEREMONY WTMSTER BEGAN AT 11.30PM ON FRIDAY NIGHT ALLOWG THE REGISTRAR TO PRONOUNCE THEM “HBAND AND HBAND” AS SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT AS POSSIBLE.COFFEY TOLD THE PRS ASSOCIATN WAS AN “EXTRAORDARY” FEELG TO BE MARRIED, SOMETHG HE THOUGHT ULD NEVER HAPPEN. “THE CEREMONY PLETELY EXCEED OUR EXPECTATNS AS WELL. WE WERE SRED G TO THIS THROUGH NERV AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTN, BUT WE BOTH ME HERE AND I THK OUR LOVE RRIED THROUGH THE END.” NI H
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

IN PICTUR: UK'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS

Image source, RtersSame-sex upl England and Wal are celebratg after gay marriage beme legal. Image source, Getty ImagSupporters gathered outsi Islgton Town Hall London to ngratulate the pair on beg among the first gay upl to marry the UK.

Some gay upl, cludg John Coffey and Bernardo Marti London, started their ceremoni late on Friday orr to marry jt after the law changed at midnight. The first gay weddgs are expected Stland October; Northern Ireland has no plans to allow gay marriage. Image source, Getty ImagTera Millward, pictured wh her new wife Helen Brearley after their weddg Halifax on Saturday morng, said gettg a weddg certifite would mean there was "te equaly" the law change took effect, allowg upl such as Phil Robathan and Jam Prton to marry, Liberal Democrat lear Nick Clegg said "gettg to aln ernment will have been worth " if helped jt one young gay person feel "safer, stronger, taller".

Some relig groups, cludg the Catholic Church, rema opposed to gay marriage, but Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby said: "The law's changed; we accept the suatn.

FIRST COUPL WED AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL UK

The first same-sex marriag Bra were held early Saturday morng after gay marriage beme legal at midnight.

“Congratulatns to the gay upl who have already been married – and my bt wish to those about to be on this historic day, ” Uned Kgdom Prime Mister David Cameron tweeted Saturday morng. Polls show about two-thirds of people the untry support gay unns, the Associated Prs reports.

Gay upl England have been allowed to enter “civil partnerships, ” nferrg the same legal rights as marriage, sce 2005. Bra banned schools and thori om “promotg” homosexualy until 2003. However, his fay name giv him a higher profile Brish aristocratic circl; he is the great-nephew of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the World War II naval manr who led Allied ary forc southeast a reflectn of social change, royal attus to homosexualy have progrsed sce 1960 when Jeremy Fry, Lord Snowdon’s choice of bt man for his weddg to Prcs Margaret, was vetoed after was disvered he had a nvictn for a “mor homosexual offense.

BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE

”Harry and Meghan, who wed on May 19, have ma clear their support of gay rights, reportedly tellg gay legat om across Bra’s former empire, the Commonwealth that they would put LGBT issu at the ont of their William last year received the annual Brish LGBT Awards’ Celebry Straight Ally award. In his acceptance vio, he lled out homophobic bullyg. "William also ma history May 2016 as the first Brish royal to be featured on the ver a gay magaze.

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Media ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza, John Coffey and Bernardo Marti, and Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were among the first gay upl to marryThe first same-sex weddgs have taken place after gay marriage beme legal England and Wal at midnight.

THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGENEW ERAAT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY, ENGLAND AND WAL WELED THE FIRST GAY MARRIAG BRISH HISTORY. AND THE VERY FIRST ONE VOLVED AN AMERIN.NI HWORLD EDORUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 4:31PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 29, 2014 6:58PM EDT MATT DUNHAM/APA WHIRLWD ROMANCE THAT BEGAN LOS ANGEL SEALED A PLACE THE BRISH HISTORY BOOKS THIS WEEKEND AS SCLAIR TREADWAY AND SEAN ADL-TABATABAI BEME ONE OF THE UNTRY’S FIRST GAY UPL TO BE LEGALLY WED.THEY EXCHANGED A PAIR OF SIMPLE GOLD BANDS A CEREMONY THAT BEGAN AT 12:01 A.M. ON SATURDAY, THE FIRST DAY SAME-SEX MARRIAG WERE ALLOWED BRA. TREADWAY’S PARENTS, WHO FLEW OM THE U.S. FOR THE CELEBRATN, WERE AMONG 100 GUTS CROWD TO CAMN TOWN HALL NORTH LONDON.WH THE BRISH PRIME MISTER AMONG THOSE OFFERG NGRATULATNS, TREADWAY, 20, OM SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, SAID HAD BEEN AN OVERWHELMG EXPERIENCE JT ONE YEAR AFTER HE MET HIS PARTNER THE U.S. “IT’S ALL HAPPENED TOO QUICKLY 'S HARD TO TAKE , BUT I AM JT SO THRILLED AND AMAZED THAT OUR WEDDG IS SO IMPORTANT NOT JT TO BUT TO THE RT OF ENGLAND AND WAL AND THE WORLD,” HE SAID.THE CEREMONY WAS LED BY THE MAYOR OF CAMN, JONATHAN SIMPSON. HE SAID, “AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LGBT MUNY WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF SEAN AND SCLAIR'S HAPPY DAY.” COUPL ALL OVER THE UNTRY WERE SAYG “I DO” AS THE CLOCK STCK MIDNIGHT WH CEREMONI PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PRIME MISTER CAMERON SENT HIS REGARDS TO ALL OF THE HAPPY UPL. "CONGRATULATNS TO THE GAY UPL WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN MARRIED—AND MY BT WISH TO THOSE ABOUT TO BE ON THIS HISTORIC DAY,” HE WROTE ON TWTER.A BILL LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE WAS PASSED BY THE HO OF PARLIAMENT LAST YEAR, ALLOWG THE WEDDGS TO TAKE PLACE TEN YEARS AFTER SAME-SEX CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS WERE HERED TO BRISH LAW. THE LEARS OF THE THREE MA POLIL PARTI HAVE ALL OFFERED THEIR SUPPORT TO THE TRODUCTN OF GAY MARRIAG.THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, WHICH HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX UNNS FOR FIVE CENTURI, REMAS SPL ON THE ISSUE BUT THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NCED THAT THE CHURCH’S EVOLUTN ON THE ISSUE HAD BEEN OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS. "THE LAW'S CHANGED; WE ACCEPT THE SUATN," HE TOLD THE BBC.LONDONERS JOHN COFFEY AND BERNARDO MARTI ALSO RACED TO BE MARRIED AS SOON AS WAS LEGALLY POSSIBLE. THEIR CEREMONY WTMSTER BEGAN AT 11.30PM ON FRIDAY NIGHT ALLOWG THE REGISTRAR TO PRONOUNCE THEM “HBAND AND HBAND” AS SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT AS POSSIBLE.COFFEY TOLD THE PRS ASSOCIATN WAS AN “EXTRAORDARY” FEELG TO BE MARRIED, SOMETHG HE THOUGHT ULD NEVER HAPPEN. “THE CEREMONY PLETELY EXCEED OUR EXPECTATNS AS WELL. WE WERE SRED G TO THIS THROUGH NERV AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTN, BUT WE BOTH ME HERE AND I THK OUR LOVE RRIED THROUGH THE END.” NI H

David Cameron said the move sent a msage that people were now equal "whether gay or straight", but some relig groups rema opposed. "The law change would enurage young people unsure of their sexualy, he source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Tera Millward and Helen Brearley married HalifaxImage source, APImage ptn, Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sclair Treadway married the uncil chamber at Camn Town Hall LondonImage source, PAImage ptn, Sandi Toksvig and her partner Debbie renewed their civil partnership vows at an event London celebratg the law changeLater on Saturday morng, Mr Cameron tweeted: "Congratulatns to the gay upl who have already been married - and my bt wish to those about to be on this historic day. "This is an credibly happy time for so many gay upl and lbian upl who will be gettg married, but 's an credibly proud time for our untry as well, regnisg equal marriage law, " he said.

Mr Tatchell said the uple and all the others gettg married had "ma history" and "ma Bra a more tolerant, equal place" a crowd of photographers, journalists and well-wishers wag, the uple took the opportuny to highlight the ternatnal stggle for gay McGrah said: "Very few untri afford their gay and lbian cizens equal marriage rights and we believe that this change law will brg hope and strength to gay men and lbians Nigeria, Uganda, Rsia, India and elsewhere, who lack basic equaly and are beg crimalised for their sexual orientatn. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were the first same-sex uple to marry BrightonImage source, AFPImage ptn, Phil Robathan and Jam Prton later married at Brighton Town HallLater on Saturday, a crowd of about 2, 000 people - which clud a number of celebri - gathered to watch edian Sandi Toksvig and her partner Debbie renew their civil partnership uple, who entered to a civil partnership seven years ago, exchanged vows on stage at the Royal Ftival Hall London at a special event to celebrate the troductn of gay marriage the UK. But some relig groups rema opposed to gay Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, said: "We n't jt refe an stutn - refe somethg that always has been - bee we say 's somethg that we want.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

The Roman Catholic Church oppos the change the gay virs, though, have said they are prepared to fy their bishops by sistg they have a right to ptn, The Rev Andrew Ca says he do not want nontatn wh the Church, but "mt do what is right"Among them is the Reverend Andrew Ca, who said the Church was enterg uncharted terrory, but he would not be "ightened" out of dog what he believed was Ca, who plans to marry his partner the summer, said he would do so whether the Church approved or not.

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TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

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