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Radio station to host 'amazing' gay marriage
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur May 29, 2005 07:59am |
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| News Date | Sunday, May 29, 2005 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | While gay marriage legislation may be stalled in Parliament, two celebrity gay Americans plan to kickstart the issue in Ottawa this coming week.
Lynn Warren and Alex Ali, the gay male couple from CTV's The Amazing Race, will tie the knot on Wednesday -- live on air.
The two were eliminated from the TV competition. Hot 89.9, an Ottawa radio station, took pity on them and offered to host the wedding the two couldn't legally have in California.
"We were freaking out, totally jumping up and down," Alex said.
The radio station admits the wedding is as much a political statement as it is a publicity stunt.
"We believe it should be legal everywhere. Everyone should have a shot at marriage because in the end, we should all be miserable -- just kidding," said Jeff Mauler of Hot 89.9.
Some gay marriage opponents don't see the humour.
"The laws of God quite clearly stipulate this is not right, so we're not going to sit back and just take that," said Craig Chandler, head of Concerned Christians Canada Inc. |
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