They sure dressed up for the big day.
Posted on 02/26/2004 3:02:12 PM PST by Therapist
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Rosie O'Donnell married her longtime girlfriend Thursday, taking what she called a proud stand for gay civil rights in the city where more than 3,300 other same-sex couples have tied the knot since Feb. 12.
"I want to thank the city of San Francisco for this amazing stance the mayor has taken for all the people here, not just us but all the thousands and thousands of loving, law-abiding couples," the former talk show host, holding a large bouquet of purple and yellow flowers, said after she and Kelli Carpenter emerged from their brief ceremony inside Mayor Gavin Newsom's office.
Earlier Thursday, O'Donnell announced her wedding plans on ABC's "Good Morning America," just two days after President Bush called for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
She said the president's call is what inspired her to come to San Francisco, where city officials continue to perform same-sex weddings even as state courts are considering the legality of those marriages.
"I think the actions of the president are, in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting president," O'Donnell, who lives in the New York City region, said on the program. "I am stunned and I'm horrified.
"I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral. And, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco. And I hope they put more people on the steps to marry as many people as show up. And I hope everyone shows up."
O'Donnell and Carpenter, who have four children together, walked hand in hand down the grand marble staircase in the rotunda to thunderous applause from hundreds of spectators who came to witness the city's first celebrity same-sex wedding. O'Donnell was wearing a powder-blue blazer, black shirt and black pants; Carpenter wore a gray pantsuit.
As the San Francisco's Gay Men's Chorus serenaded the couple with a few bars of "Going to the Chapel," O'Donnell smiled and said, "We really did. We got married."
O'Donnell said she decided to marry Carpenter, a former dancer and marketing director at Nickelodeon, during her recent trial in New York over the now-defunct Rosie magazine. During the case, she referred to Carpenter as her wife.
"We applied for spousal privilege and were denied it by the state. As a result, everything that I said to Kelli, every letter that I wrote her, every e-mail, every correspondence and conversation was entered into the record," O'Donnell said. "After the trial, I am now and will forever be a total proponent of gay marriage."
Good grief, she's impersonating Cousin Eddie. That's just not right.
They sure dressed up for the big day.
I wish she could get married everyday from now until November 2.
Tradition was turned upside down. As Rosie talked about her 'wife' - Rosie was the one with the bridal bouquet!
Instead they referred me to the CITY ATTORNEY who just happens to represent the interests of the Mayor. So the police refuse to enforce the law because they are being told by the City Attorney that they don't have to enforce this law. And the City Attorney is just doing what the Mayor is telling him to do and the Mayor is actively engaged in a conspiracy to violate section 359 of the Penal Code.
The Mayor and the City Attorney and the Police Chief are all acting as if they are a law unto themselves. But we are supposed to be a nation of Laws and not of Men.
I say call the police and continue to report that the Mayor and the City Clerk are conspiring to violate section 359 of the Penal Code. Maybe if enough people made formal complaints, they might decide to do their job and arrest somebody.
LOL!
No, Rosie, it was not vile and hateful, but your characterization of him certainly is.
"I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral.
Yes, since same sex marriage was always allowed before GWB became president.
Oh, wait a minute...
Your posted pic has cleared it for me. (He...he...)
Huh?
No you didn't Rosie. You are the proud owner of a meaningless piece of paper.
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