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Like Nixon To China: Philly Mayor Does “Gay Wedding”

November 20, 2007 |

The Nixon comparison is the AP writers. You can read the entire article here. It’s not a real wedding but so many before… it’s not about the piece of paper. The expansion of Gay Marriage will be seen as the grass roots effort it likes to be seen as.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mayor John Street, once regarded as an enemy of the gay community for opposing same-sex partner benefits, is to preside over his first same-sex commitment ceremony this weekend.

Street said he was asked to officiate at the ceremony for Ryan Bunch and Micah Mahjoubian, a longtime colleague, on Saturday at City Hall.

“Micah is my friend. He has been in my campaign and has been in my administration for eight years,” Street said. “I’ve come to respect him as a person, and if this is something he would like for me to do, then I’d like to do it for him.”

About 125 guests are expected at the ceremony, which will have no legal weight since Pennsylvania prohibits gay marriage.

“It’s not marriage. It’s not real marriage. They can’t be married,” said Street, a Seventh-day Adventist. “It’s not a religious ceremony. I mean, it’s not really marriage.”

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