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Britain’s Modern Bride

Judging by England’s biggest engagement, relationships have come a long way in the royal family.

Posted on Nov 18, 2010 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


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Married to the Clinton Mob

Out of respect for privacy, even concerning famous people, I wasn’t going to write about the marriage of Chelsea Clinton to a Goldman Sachs alum and budding hedge-fund hustler with the resources to buy a $4 million loft so soon after graduating from Stanford.

Posted on Aug 3, 2010 READ MORE  |  108 COMMENTS


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‘Daily Show’: Much Media Ado About Chelsea’s Wedding

Thanks to hard-hitting investigative squads from major media outlets, Saturday’s news cycle was dominated by dispatches about the porcelain port-o-potties, rumored menu items, Joe Pesci sightings and other very important minutiae about Chelsea Clinton’s posh nuptials ... (continued)

Posted on Aug 3, 2010 READ MORE


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Argentine Couple Wed in Latin America’s First Gay Marriage

After they encountered resistance in Buenos Aires earlier this month, Argentine couple Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello found an alternative location for their wedding, and they sealed the deal Monday in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost state in their country, making theirs the first same-sex marriage in Latin America.

Posted on Dec 29, 2009 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


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That’s 5 Down, 45 to Go

Hey, everyone—same-sex marriage is now legal in Maine! Take that, Miss California! There are rumors that New Hampshire may be next, leaving Rhode Island as the last bastion of heteronormativity in all of New England.

Posted on May 6, 2009 READ MORE  |  9 COMMENTS


Inquiry Finds U.S. Strike Killed Wedding Party

Imagine this happening in the U.S.: Forty-seven people, including the bride, are killed on their way to a wedding after an airstrike on “militants” goes off course. Of course, this happened not in the U.S. but in Afghanistan, and, of course, the attack’s civilian toll was initially denied by the U.S. military.

Posted on Jul 11, 2008 READ MORE  |  34 COMMENTS


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Gay Couples Get Ready to Wed in California

On Monday, gay and lesbian couples celebrated the California Supreme Court’s recent lifting of the ban on gay marriage by, well, getting married. Tuesday is expected to be a bigger day, though, for devoted duos to make it official, as that’s the day when most California counties are slated to start giving gay couples marriage licenses.

Posted on Jun 16, 2008 READ MORE  |  7 COMMENTS


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Acquittal in Wedding Day Shooting Sparks NYC Protests

Vowing that “this city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell,” the Rev. Al Sharpton joined hundreds of New Yorkers in a march through Harlem to protest this week’s acquittal of three police officers involved in the 2006 shooting that claimed the 23-year-old Bell’s life and injured two friends on his wedding day.

Posted on Apr 26, 2008 READ MORE  |  32 COMMENTS


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Couple Signs Advertisers to Sponsor Wedding Day

A marketing-savvy couple has lined up corporate sponsors to help pay for a wedding to be held in a Brooklyn minor league ball park. (Via Salon.)

Posted on Jun 18, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


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