Two men to marry during Rose Parade: "Love Is The Best Protection"

[kpete]

PASADENA- In a Tournament of Roses first, two Los Angeles men will celebrate their gay marriage on a Rose Parade float as it goes down Colorado Boulevard on New Year's Day. The wedding of Danny Leclair, 45, and Aubrey Loots, 42, will take place atop a giant wedding cake-shaped float sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, according to a press release. It is the third float sponsored by the foundation.

"One of the things we're really excited about is we're standing on the shoulders of thousands of men and women who came before us in this fight for marriage equality," Leclair said. "We're excited to be part of that story, to be able to do this because of them. We're looking forward to honor that."

This Rose Parade is the first year gay marriage has been legal in California following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June.

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The float's theme is "Love is the Best Protection." It will feature a large wedding cake, decorated in white coconut chips and maroon-colored kidney beans with white roses and dendrobium orchids.

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2014/01/01/two-men-to-marry-during-rose-parade/?subscriber=1

[nolabear]

1. Congrats! And it's a good idea to remove those quotation marks.

They mean it's not real.

[kpete]

4. So sorry

I am such a chronic cut&paster

thanks for having my back nolabear!

PEACE,
kp

[nolabear]

7. That's okay. I'm glad you didn't take offense.

But I knew you wouldn't. Happy New Year!

[Cirque du So-What]

5. They're also indicative

of a quote:

The float's theme is "Love is the Best Protection."

Wow! What a concept!

[pepperbear]

2. I was wondering why the word "marry" was in quotes, then I saw the source.

they love doing that, even where gay marriage is legal.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

3. I dig parades but can't stand the yapping announcers...

THAT would get me to unmute the teevee.

Best wishes to the happy couple!

[Cirque du So-What]

6. They do yap incessantly, don't they?

And it's so obvious that they're reading from scripts - poorly-written ones at that.

[nolabear]

8. Saw the float. Made me happy!