In fact, some already have done the deed. As the New York Times reports, lesbian couple Cheryle Rudd and Kitty Lambert became the first gay married couple this morning, when they exchanged vows at Niagara Falls. And already 823 couples plan to marry in the Big Apple today, while countless more will do the same across the state, where city clerks and judges volunteered to come in on Sunday to help officiate over and process the new nuptials.
Regular men and women are also getting ordained so they can preside over their friends' weddings. "When gay marriage passed, I thought it would be great [to get ordained]," Brooklyn resident John DeLamar told the New York Daily News.
"When my friends asked me to marry them, I was really moved. We've been fighting for gay marriage together - we marched on Washington, we've been campaigning and pamphleting to get it approved. Marrying them is a great responsibility."
Meanwhile, divorce lawyers are salivating over the potential for new clients, predicting that, like straights, about half of gay marriages will end in divorce. "To divorce lawyers, gay marriage is the best thing since the Magna Carta,” said Manhattan-bsed lawyer Raoul Felder. “It basically doubles the population pool of potential clients."
Not everyone is celebrating the big day, though: the National Organization for Marriage will hold multiple protests, as will the always inflammatory Westboro Baptist Church, which insists, "For their defiance of their Lord, New Yorkers will suffer the wrath of God being poured out on them from the sky, just as others in history who have followed this path experienced.”
Meanwhile, divorce lawyers are salivating over the potential for new clients, predicting that, like straights, about half of gay marriages will end in divorce. "To divorce lawyers, gay marriage is the best thing since the Magna Carta,” said Manhattan-bsed lawyer Raoul Felder. “It basically doubles the population pool of potential clients."
Not everyone is celebrating the big day, though: the National Organization for Marriage will hold multiple protests, as will the always inflammatory Westboro Baptist Church, which insists, "For their defiance of their Lord, New Yorkers will suffer the wrath of God being poured out on them from the sky, just as others in history who have followed this path experienced.”
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