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| Same-sex marriage: readers' stories and photos from around the world | Same-sex marriage: readers' stories and photos from around the world |
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| Married in NY but not in Germany | Married in NY but not in Germany |
| I am an American citizen and my wife is German, we both reside in Germany, where registered partnerships have been legal nationwide since 2001. We got married in New York in September 2011, shortly after marriage equality went into effect there, and our marriage is recognized as a registered partnership in Germany - which is still the same as being seated at the back of the bus. It is our hope that the Supreme Court of the United States will put this issue to rest once and for all and let all adults marry who they wish to marry, and that the powers that be in Germany will follow suit and do the same. | I am an American citizen and my wife is German, we both reside in Germany, where registered partnerships have been legal nationwide since 2001. We got married in New York in September 2011, shortly after marriage equality went into effect there, and our marriage is recognized as a registered partnership in Germany - which is still the same as being seated at the back of the bus. It is our hope that the Supreme Court of the United States will put this issue to rest once and for all and let all adults marry who they wish to marry, and that the powers that be in Germany will follow suit and do the same. |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By Jaybeegee | By Jaybeegee |
| 29 April 2015, 12:51 | 29 April 2015, 12:51 |
| marriage is bliss | marriage is bliss |
| never thought I would ever have the right or opportunity to marry. and I did. unfortunately not in my home country Australia, but in France. Merci la France! J'adore mon marie! | never thought I would ever have the right or opportunity to marry. and I did. unfortunately not in my home country Australia, but in France. Merci la France! J'adore mon marie! |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By Michael Wode | By Michael Wode |
| 29 April 2015, 5:46 | 29 April 2015, 5:46 |
| A surprise proposal video | A surprise proposal video |
| My partner proposed to me in the most romantic way possible.. I had no idea what she had planned. It has now had over 10,000 views! | My partner proposed to me in the most romantic way possible.. I had no idea what she had planned. It has now had over 10,000 views! |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By lexiclark | By lexiclark |
| 28 April 2015, 9:13 | 28 April 2015, 9:13 |
| Being blessed by our parents | Being blessed by our parents |
| This is a Jewish tradition of being wrapped in a prayer shawl while blessed by both sets of parents before "leaving the nest" as a married couple for the first time. | This is a Jewish tradition of being wrapped in a prayer shawl while blessed by both sets of parents before "leaving the nest" as a married couple for the first time. |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By Jacob M.K. Baron | By Jacob M.K. Baron |
| 30 April 2015, 3:34 | 30 April 2015, 3:34 |
| Lisa and Susan | Lisa and Susan |
| Married joyfully in 2008, officially tied together by law, amazed and moved by the experience of exchanging our vows before friends and family, and heartened to feel that at last we are part of the broad tapestry of community. | Married joyfully in 2008, officially tied together by law, amazed and moved by the experience of exchanging our vows before friends and family, and heartened to feel that at last we are part of the broad tapestry of community. |
| Photo by S. Weston | |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By Susan Forsburg | By Susan Forsburg |
| 28 April 2015, 20:34 | 28 April 2015, 20:34 |
| The Justice Hands Us the Official Marriage Book | The Justice Hands Us the Official Marriage Book |
| Just after declaring us married, the Justice hands us the official record of our marriage. We married in Buenos Aires, not realizing that only a few months later, it would legal for us to marry in California, where we live. | Just after declaring us married, the Justice hands us the official record of our marriage. We married in Buenos Aires, not realizing that only a few months later, it would legal for us to marry in California, where we live. |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By DavidK_SF | By DavidK_SF |
| 30 April 2015, 14:57 | 30 April 2015, 14:57 |
| Civilly Partnered for now... | Civilly Partnered for now... |
| I'm a UK national, my partner is from the US and we got our civil partnership in London in 2012, knowing it wouldn't be recognized in the US for a while, but wanted "something". Fortunately it was "just" a CP, as only a year later the SCOTUS rulings threw everything into disarray. Living in SC my partner and child couldn't have gone on my health insurance and wouldn't be recognized by the State, but had we had a "real" marriage we'd have had to file jointly for our Federal Taxes and they would have lost their health coverage. We've been living in various layers of legal limbo for years. While SC recognizes marriage for now, we didn't dare risk putting health care in jeopardy, so we're crossing our fingers and holding our breath that we'll be in a more stable situation soon, and maybe finally I can apply for that Green Card! | I'm a UK national, my partner is from the US and we got our civil partnership in London in 2012, knowing it wouldn't be recognized in the US for a while, but wanted "something". Fortunately it was "just" a CP, as only a year later the SCOTUS rulings threw everything into disarray. Living in SC my partner and child couldn't have gone on my health insurance and wouldn't be recognized by the State, but had we had a "real" marriage we'd have had to file jointly for our Federal Taxes and they would have lost their health coverage. We've been living in various layers of legal limbo for years. While SC recognizes marriage for now, we didn't dare risk putting health care in jeopardy, so we're crossing our fingers and holding our breath that we'll be in a more stable situation soon, and maybe finally I can apply for that Green Card! |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By britoutofwater | By britoutofwater |
| 28 April 2015, 18:20 | 28 April 2015, 18:20 |
| Kev & Nacho's wedding in Valencia - the confetti shot | Kev & Nacho's wedding in Valencia - the confetti shot |
| We got married in Spain in September 2013. We live in London, but at the time you couldn't get married in the UK and we felt that the civil partnership option was a weird sort of political compromise and not equal rights, so we got married in Valencia where Nacho is from. | We got married in Spain in September 2013. We live in London, but at the time you couldn't get married in the UK and we felt that the civil partnership option was a weird sort of political compromise and not equal rights, so we got married in Valencia where Nacho is from. |
| It's such an appalling cliche but this was genuinely the happiest day of my life. I knew it was going to be good, but I was naively unprepared for the depth of emotion involved. Especially because I had spent such a big chunk of my life not being able to conceive of myself as being gay at all, let alone being surrounded by so many loved ones celebrating our wedding. | It's such an appalling cliche but this was genuinely the happiest day of my life. I knew it was going to be good, but I was naively unprepared for the depth of emotion involved. Especially because I had spent such a big chunk of my life not being able to conceive of myself as being gay at all, let alone being surrounded by so many loved ones celebrating our wedding. |
| It's right and good that same-sex marriage is approved, now here's hoping the LGBTQ community can move swiftly on to organise as cohesively around homeless gay teens, queer bullying in schools, additional discrimination faced by queer people of colour, trans rights and so on! | It's right and good that same-sex marriage is approved, now here's hoping the LGBTQ community can move swiftly on to organise as cohesively around homeless gay teens, queer bullying in schools, additional discrimination faced by queer people of colour, trans rights and so on! |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By Kevin Smith | By Kevin Smith |
| 28 April 2015, 9:16 | 28 April 2015, 9:16 |
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