After 17 years together, we're getting hitched! Honeymoon ideas??
Who's taking whose last name? Mr & Mr...?Congrats !!
Jun 18, 2008, 9:32 pm
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Jun 19, 2008, 2:44 am
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CONGRATS! Hope you enjoy many more happy years.
My partner's brother just got engaged to his girlfriend so my man is trying to convince me to beat 'em (seeing as we've been wearing our rings for three years now!).
Honeymoon? I'd go with a leisurely paced Italy trip with Amalfi, Rome, Tuscany, Milan finishing in Venice. ^ But you've probably got that sussed by now!
My partner's brother just got engaged to his girlfriend so my man is trying to convince me to beat 'em (seeing as we've been wearing our rings for three years now!).
Honeymoon? I'd go with a leisurely paced Italy trip with Amalfi, Rome, Tuscany, Milan finishing in Venice. ^ But you've probably got that sussed by now!
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Jun 19, 2008, 8:21 am
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Mr and Mr Olafman - congrats and how exciting to be part of significant gay history.
Sitting here at work ( a police station) just after midnight on my break, with tears in my eyes - at the poignancy of your day.
My partner and I celebrate 15 years next month, and 5 years since our commitment ceremony on our 10th anniversay, BUT that is nothing to being legally wed.
Congrats and thanks for sharing with us.
Adam
Sitting here at work ( a police station) just after midnight on my break, with tears in my eyes - at the poignancy of your day.
My partner and I celebrate 15 years next month, and 5 years since our commitment ceremony on our 10th anniversay, BUT that is nothing to being legally wed.
Congrats and thanks for sharing with us.
Adam
Jun 20, 2008, 10:52 am
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Congratulations!!!!!
We got married here in the UK after 12 years together.
We had a delayed honeymoon. We did a few nights after we got married at Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds. Then at spring half term, it was Club Europe to the Amalfi coast.
So, I'd vote for Italy and the Amalfi myself ^
We got married here in the UK after 12 years together.
We had a delayed honeymoon. We did a few nights after we got married at Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds. Then at spring half term, it was Club Europe to the Amalfi coast.
So, I'd vote for Italy and the Amalfi myself ^
Sep 7, 2008, 11:46 pm
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Congratulations to everyone who is getting (or by now has gotten) married!
Regarding honeymoons, my suggestion is, wherever you go, upgrade as much as possible the flights and hotels -- make the trip a real treat.
As I understand it, one of the main advantages of legal marriage as opposed to civil unions, domestic partnerships, and all the other second-class statuses, is that if you get legally married anywhere, it will be recognized if and when it is legal in your state/country. My now-spouse and I decided last year to get married in Canada this summer, and even though it became legal in California, we still went with Canada, partly because it had been long-planned, but also because in Canada it is legal nationwide, and has been so long enough that it is no longer an issue. Also, should prop. 8 pass, our marriage will be unaffected (although California wouldn't recognize it).
From what I've read, this is far from clear. On the one hand, there is a long-standing principle that laws not be retroactive, but on the other, the language of prop 8 says that same-sex marriages are not "valid or recognized" in California. So it's possible that pre-existing marriages won't be recognized in California any more, although perhaps a pre-existing marriage would be recognized in Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, New York, Massachusetts, and other states/countries where it becomes legal, even if no longer recognized in the state where it was performed. The only thing that is for certain is that, should prop 8 pass, there will be court cases to decide if it stands, and what it means.
Right now, it is looking better, but you never know. The polls are still too close for my liking, and some people may lie about how they will vote (as happened before with controversial propositions).
Regarding honeymoons, my suggestion is, wherever you go, upgrade as much as possible the flights and hotels -- make the trip a real treat.
Out of Topic:
Since there is a chance that gay marriage can get "banned" and "unbanned" again and again, would this mean that gay couples will have to keep getting "remarried" over and over again?
Would getting married in Canada mean that when gay marriage is "not banned" in California that it will automatically be recognized? (so no need to get married and then later get remarried)
Since there is a chance that gay marriage can get "banned" and "unbanned" again and again, would this mean that gay couples will have to keep getting "remarried" over and over again?
Would getting married in Canada mean that when gay marriage is "not banned" in California that it will automatically be recognized? (so no need to get married and then later get remarried)
What I understand right now is that if we get married in June and then the constitution gets changed in November, then we are still married. They can't retroactively take our marriage away from us. It would simply mean that any FUTURE marriages would have to be between a man and a woman.
It doesn't look like the religious right will be able to get enough to change the constitution.