Luxembourg PM first EU leader to marry same-sex partner

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Luxembourg's prime minister has become the first serving EU leader - and second leader in the world - to marry a same-sex partner.

Xavier Bettel married Gauthier Destenay on Friday in a private ceremony at the capital's town hall.

The couple are among the first to benefit after the country changed its laws to allow gay marriages last year.

The union comes after Iceland's then-PM Johanna Sigurdardottir married her same-sex partner in 2010.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32753014

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No honeymoon - Bettel has to work.

[jtuck004]

1. "I could have hidden it or repressed it and been unhappy my whole life," Mr Bettel

reportedly told a Belgian broadcaster the night before the nuptials.

"But I told myself that if you want to be a politician and be honest in politics, you have to be honest with yourself and accept that you are who you are."


Sounds like a leader, not a brand. Refreshing to hear.

[Hekate]

2. Congratulations to the happy couple!