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US ambassador to Australia marries in private same-sex ceremony
news.com.au ^
| 12th August 2013
| Matt Young
Posted on 08/12/2013 12:35:27 AM PDT by naturalman1975
US AMBASSADOR to Australia John Berry has married his long-term partner of 17 years in a private same-sex ceremony in Washington D.C.
The 54-year-old former head of the Office of Personnel Management - which oversees the US public service - is the first openly gay US ambassador to serve in a Group of 20 nation and the highest ranking openly gay man in United States history.
In a short statement, Mr Berry confirmed the nuptials, telling news.com.au, "John Berry and Curtis Yee, partners of 17 years, were formally married on Saturday August 10, at St Margaret's Episcopal Church in Washington DC.
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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Australia is currently in the middle of a Federal election campaign, with the election due on 7th September. Last night during our Prime Ministerial debate, the current Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, pledged his support for same-sex marriage and said that if re-elected, he would introduce legislation into the Australian Parliament within 100 days to allow same-sex unions within the legal definition of marriage.
Under the circumstances - where same-sex marriage is a current political and electoral issue in Australia, I believe the United States sending an Ambassador to Australia who has just engaged in such a union to be rather unfortunate and risk the perception that the Obama administration is attempting to exert pressure on Australian domestic politics in a manner inconsistent with a typical diplomatic relationship.
To: naturalman1975
Next Obummer will define adultery as a man having illegal sex with another married man.
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posted on
08/12/2013 12:40:47 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
To: naturalman1975

Wasn't this gentleman openly homosexual or did I misremember?
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posted on
08/12/2013 12:43:17 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
To: naturalman1975
Western political heads of state have chosen to venerate sexual abnormality, knowing full well its corrosive and degenerative effects on society at large.
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posted on
08/12/2013 12:50:21 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: naturalman1975
Sorry Fellows, he’s taken! *sniff*
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posted on
08/12/2013 1:05:03 AM PDT
by
alstewartfan
("The atmosphere's too cold in here to attract a butterfly like that." Al Stewart)
To: naturalman1975
What was Rule One again?
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posted on
08/12/2013 1:16:02 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
To: naturalman1975
The Obama regime is FULL of homos of both sexes.
The ambassadors of AU, Libya, Egypt, on and on, WH staff, cabinet appointees, SCOTUS appointees, advisors, close friends, etc.
The nancy boy/muslim president is a complete disgrace. We can only hope that the REAL truths about this idiot will be disclosed through the media sooner than later.
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:01:39 AM PDT
by
octex
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes, I think being a homo is a requirement for the State Dept.
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:12:28 AM PDT
by
wrencher
To: wrencher
Yep. If this person decided they were straight tomorrow there would be a quick change in the personal employment situation.
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:13:38 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: naturalman1975
According to the black-robed tyrant Kennedy, the ONLY reason to oppose fag marriage is your hate for them. Hate of course, is unconstitutional . . . ?
Our republic is way late for an Article V amendment convention.
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:17:46 AM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(To restore the 10th Amendment, repeal the 17th.)
To: Jacquerie
What exactly was Kennedy defending?
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:27:21 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gene Eric
His effective nationwide veto of man/woman only marriage.
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:33:06 AM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(To restore the 10th Amendment, repeal the 17th.)
To: Jacquerie
No. He was defending anal sex.
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:37:01 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: naturalman1975
Does the US have any non homosexual ambassadors ?
We just got rid of a homosexual Sec of State
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posted on
08/12/2013 2:46:12 AM PDT
by
rdcbn
To: octex
> The 54-year-old former head of the Office of Personnel Management - which oversees the US public service - is the first openly gay US ambassador to serve in a Group of 20 nation and the highest ranking openly gay man in United States history.
He wouldn’t be if Obummer admitted it but I doubt he’ll come clean with Moochie around...
To: octex
“The Obama regime is FULL of homos of both sexes.”
____________________________________________________
It is all part of Obumbo’S drive to destroy America and the culture. He hates the country and everything it stands for.
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posted on
08/12/2013 3:10:04 AM PDT
by
AlexW
To: wrencher
Rcently there is a committed effort at the highest levels of the US State Department to chose Ambassadors, Charges d' Affairs, DCMs, political section chiefs and what not, WHOM ARE LESBIAN OR GAY. They cannot send to "difficult countries" yet, but are pushing the envelopes and will next try to send to countries where homosexuality is not openly countenanced. The State Dept. mission is that we want to SPREAD NEW AMERICAN VALUES GLOBALLY, AND IF POSSIBLE THROUGH OUR DIPLOMATIC POSTS. This is all at the best of Kerry and Clinton before him, and Obama all the while in support as well. It is a DANGEROUS State Dept. trend if you ask me.
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posted on
08/12/2013 3:15:26 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Kim Jong Un won't have a single "bad underwear day" unless/until we've a patriot in the White House)
To: octex
>>The Obama regime is FULL of homos of both sexes.<<
Is this what they call the *Trickle Down Theory*?
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posted on
08/12/2013 3:18:34 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: naturalman1975
He comes from a man down under.
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posted on
08/12/2013 3:32:03 AM PDT
by
pacobell
To: Oztrich Boy
"What was Rule One again?"
I distinctly remember it as: "No poofter sniffers"
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posted on
08/12/2013 3:50:05 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: bunkerhill7
Can the USA become anymore disgusting on these sex deviates?
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posted on
08/12/2013 3:52:55 AM PDT
by
traditional1
(Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
08/12/2013 4:00:13 AM PDT
by
djf
(Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
To: naturalman1975
Where are all the conservatives representatives on this. It seems like we are seriously losing this war big time. I mean it is an epidemic on the World. Talk about the genie out of the bottle.
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posted on
08/12/2013 4:09:39 AM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
To: naturalman1975
GOD will deal with you kevin... he surely will... in HIS time.
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posted on
08/12/2013 4:12:14 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
To: Gene Eric
sodom and gomorrah and satan.
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posted on
08/12/2013 4:14:31 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
To: naturalman1975
“Tan me ‘ide when I’m dead, Fred...”
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posted on
08/12/2013 4:16:25 AM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
To: naturalman1975
I understand the ambASSadors’s husband is surnamed “dingle and they will both hyphenate their names. “Dingle-Berry” has such an appropriate sound to it.
I think all countries should eject our ambassador’s just on the principle of the thing. If they were appointed by the socialist faggot in chief then they are obviously suspect and/or defective in some way.
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posted on
08/12/2013 4:54:33 AM PDT
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: naturalman1975
Why not? This POS has alienated us from most of our allies, why not do the best he can do to mess up our best ally in the Pacific?
Episcopal Church of DC eh? Count me out for any visit there. In fact, advice to anyone going to DC these days, watch your six.
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posted on
08/12/2013 4:55:38 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(108th MI Group.....68-71)
To: naturalman1975
Good God, this country’s government is such an embarrassment....
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:04:37 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If you don't care about Antonio Santiago, sure as hell don't whine about Trayvon Martin.)
To: naturalman1975
Under the circumstances - where same-sex marriage is a current political and electoral issue in Australia, I believe the United States sending an Ambassador to Australia who has just engaged in such a union to be rather unfortunate and risk the perception that the Obama administration is attempting to exert pressure on Australian domestic politics in a manner inconsistent with a typical diplomatic relationship.Oh,you poor,ignorant antipodean.Wake up and smell the Vegimite! Our Community Agitator-In-Chief went to Columbia.And Harvard.Just ask him,he'll tell you! And as a result,he's better qualified than am I to determine what type of medical care is best for me and my family.It also means that he's better qualified to determine who can,and cannot,get married...anywhere in the world.If you someday graduate from Harvard Law School he *might* be willing to discuss "marriage" with you but until then..."what do *you* know?"
To: naturalman1975
US AMBASSADOR to Australia John Berry has married his long-term partner of 17 years in a private same-sex ceremony in Washington D.C. No, he didn't. And deep down, he knows he didn't.
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:21:19 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Army dad. And damned proud.)
To: naturalman1975
It almost seems as if being homosexual is a job requirement for the Obama State Department senior positions. I’d love to know how many of our current ambassadors are gay/lesbian? Any transgenders yet?
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:30:06 AM PDT
by
maica
(Welcome to post-rational America.)
To: Oztrich Boy
You beat me to it. It was the FIRST thought I had when i read the headline. (snicker)
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:30:09 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: naturalman1975
Somewhere, Satan (and his minions) is/are smiling.
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:37:12 AM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Jn4:15;5:4-5,11-13;Mt27:50-54;Mk15:33-34;Jn3:17-18,6:69,11:25,14:6,20:31;Ro10:8-11;1Tm2:5-6;Ti3:4-7)
To: AlexW
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:42:25 AM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Jn4:15;5:4-5,11-13;Mt27:50-54;Mk15:33-34;Jn3:17-18,6:69,11:25,14:6,20:31;Ro10:8-11;1Tm2:5-6;Ti3:4-7)
To: traditional1
I’m sure the O administration is working on just that ...
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:44:56 AM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Jn4:15;5:4-5,11-13;Mt27:50-54;Mk15:33-34;Jn3:17-18,6:69,11:25,14:6,20:31;Ro10:8-11;1Tm2:5-6;Ti3:4-7)
To: naturalman1975
... risk the perception "perception"? He's on the bandwagon & leading the parade ... it's not a matter of perception, he's "in your face" in his support of homosexuals. He has appointed quite a few homosexual ambassadors, even to countries where he knew they would not be welcome (the latest to freak out about this was the Dominican Republic) and is hoping 'gays and lesbians' bring home medals from Russia.
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:46:23 AM PDT
by
MissMagnolia
(You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
To: ScottinVA
~~~Good God, this countrys government is such an embarrassment....~~~
“Mission Accomplished” - the Obama Administration
Like I’ve said many times before, the USA does not appear significantly in End-Times Bible Prophecy. I’m afraid we’re seeing why. An idiot population (or 53%) elects an America-hater who has but one end-game goal: Destroy America and whatever made her great.
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:48:10 AM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Jn4:15;5:4-5,11-13;Mt27:50-54;Mk15:33-34;Jn3:17-18,6:69,11:25,14:6,20:31;Ro10:8-11;1Tm2:5-6;Ti3:4-7)
To: maica
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:52:00 AM PDT
by
MissMagnolia
(You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
To: naturalman1975
Good grief! Is being a damned faggot a requirement for an Ambassadorship in this ungodly administration????
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posted on
08/12/2013 5:52:00 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Marco Rubio can go straight to hell!)
To: napscoordinator
“Where are all the conservatives representatives on this. It seems like we are seriously losing this war big time. I mean it is an epidemic on the World. Talk about the genie out of the bottle.”
Too much money involved. The gay demographic is loaded with money.
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posted on
08/12/2013 6:13:27 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: naturalman1975
Aren’t all our Ambassadors gay?
This is not news.
0bambi is playing for the other team.
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posted on
08/12/2013 6:14:44 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Where's my pressure cooker backpack wmd ricin laced al qaeda terrorist BASSELOPE?)
To: Gay State Conservative
Our Community Agitator-In-Chief went to Columbia.And Harvard.Just ask him,he'll tell you! And as a result,he's better qualified than am I to determine what type of medical care is best for me and my family.It also means that he's better qualified to determine who can,and cannot,get married...anywhere in the world.That's about the best summary of obama's attitude I've ever read.
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posted on
08/12/2013 6:18:36 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: naturalman1975
the highest ranking openly gay man in United States history.
Who, like the rest of the transhumanist/postgenderist perverts, still has a reproductive fitness of -- ZERO.
Got Socio-Biological Fitness?
"Gay" penguins don't - not even in the San Francisco zoo
FAIL.
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posted on
08/12/2013 6:27:47 AM PDT
by
TArcher
("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
08/12/2013 6:30:28 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: headstamp 2
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posted on
08/12/2013 6:37:47 AM PDT
by
TArcher
("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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