33 Gay and Straight Couples Married During Macklemore's Grammy Performance of 'Same Love'

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Macklemore Marries 33 Gay and Straight Couples During Grammy Performance of ‘Same Love’

On Sunday evening, the Grammys celebrated marriage equality with a performance of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Same Love," featuring 33 gay and straight couples getting married live on-stage. The song has become something of an anthem for the gay rights movement, with rapper Macklemore exploring hip-hop culture's own biases against homosexuality, as well as the greater theme of intolerance in America.

Queen Latifah officiated the marriage of the 33 couples, which included both homosexual and heterosexual couples. Madonna then joined to conclude the performance with an interpolation of her hit "Open Your Heart" set to the "Same Love" backing melody.

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[Behind the Aegis]

1. It was very moving.

One day....soon.

[SoapBox]

2. It was very cool.

[LynneSin]

3. To me it seems the marriage equality movement is about love...

and those people still fighting against same sex rights - they do nothing but spew hate.

Such a very distinct difference between the two groups.

[glowing]

4. Actually, it was Queen Latifah who officiated.

[Cha]

5. Right and Queen was

Lookin' Good! Macklemore and Ryan were lookin' and sounding Great, too!

[rep the dems]

6. And then they gave best album to the moronic French duo that wouldn't take their helmets off

or say a word during their "acceptance speeches" and wrote such inspirational lyrics as "She's up all night to this song, she's up all night to get lucky." Macklemore was great but wow, fuck the Grammys.