The state of New York passed a new law, legalizing gay marriage last week. Not only is this good news for truth, justice and the American way just in general, it’s also great news for celebrity wedding junkies because it means one of Hollywood’s most adorable couples can finally get married. Neal Patrick Harris and his sweetie, David Burtka, have been waiting for marriage to be legalized in their home state of New York in order to say “I do” and now they finally can!
“David and I did propose to each other, but over five years ago!” Harris tweeted this weekend. “We’ve been wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date.”
Harris and Burtka are parents to twins, Harper and Gideon, who were born in October of last year via a surrogate mother.
Harris’ always active Twitter feed has been dominated by news of the marriage equality act of late. On Friday night, just before the vote, he put the hopes and dreams of many same sex couples quite succinctly with the following tweet:
“I’d sure love to get married. Please, NY Senate, vote in favor of marriage equality today. My family would really appreciate it.”
Congratulations, NPH, we can’t wait to see the wedding pictures!
And, congratulations to the New York State government and all of the politicians there who had the guts to vote this bill through. As Republican Roy McDonald of Saratoga, one of four Republicans to join the Democrats in voting the bill through, put it:
“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t black and white, good and bad and you try to do the right thing,” McDonald, 64, told reporters.
“You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, f— it, I don’t care what you think. I’m trying to do the right thing.
“I’m tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background. I’m trying to do the right thing and that’s where I’m going with this.”
