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Grammy Awards to feature live on-air mass marriage ceremony- NYT

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Grammy Awards to feature live on-air mass marriage ceremony- NYT | Reuters

[h=1]Grammy Awards to feature live on-air mass marriage ceremony- NYT[/h]Dozens of couples will marry on air during Sunday night's live broadcast of the music industry's annual Grammy Awards as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform their nominated song "Same Love," which has become an anthem in the campaign for legal gay marriage, the New York Times reported.

Queen Latifah will officiate at the nuptials, with pop diva Madonna performing the song with the hip hop duo and featured vocalist Mary Lambert, the Times said.

Lewis said that the weddings, including 34 couples of various ages and races, some gay, some straight, "will be in our minds the ultimate statement of equality, that all the couples are entitled to the same exact thing," the report said.
Back-up Links:
Grammys to feature mass marriages - chicagotribune.com
Queen Latifah to Officiate 34 Weddings During "Same Love" at Grammys - Us Weekly

Wow thats interesting, I probably wasnt going to watch and just catch the clips later but i might have to tune in for this part.

Such a great thing,seems so nice. Its great some many people are standing up for equal rights and showing what civility, freedom, rights and caring for your fellow americans is all about.
 
I just really, REALLY want to see Metallica perform tonight. :lol:
 
I just really, REALLY want to see Metallica perform tonight. :lol:

i love Metallica too but i just planed on catching the online vids afterwards but ill probably watch it all now or at least have it on while i do other things.

This year the producers are using their super-powers for good and forcing The Beatles to reunite, making Metallica play with Lang Lang, Sara Bareilles to croon alongside Carole King and Robin Thicke to take his rightful place alongside Chicago.
 
I thought Rev Moon was dead.
 
WOW THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

so many non-dry eyes in the crowd, men and women
queen latifah almost couldnt even get through it she was so over come with emotion

34 couples getting married together all equally old, young, gay, straight, different religions, different races, interracial and more.

Totally awesome and what AMERICA, FREEDOM AND RIGHTS is all about!!!!

#EqualRightsAreWinning!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Grammy Awards to feature live on-air mass marriage ceremony- NYT | Reuters


Back-up Links:
Grammys to feature mass marriages - chicagotribune.com
Queen Latifah to Officiate 34 Weddings During "Same Love" at Grammys - Us Weekly

Wow thats interesting, I probably wasnt going to watch and just catch the clips later but i might have to tune in for this part.

Such a great thing,seems so nice. Its great some many people are standing up for equal rights and showing what civility, freedom, rights and caring for your fellow americans is all about.

I'm a vehement supporter of SSM but this seems really weird and gaudy. Marriage is supposed to be a solemn commitment between people, not a publicity piece for an awards show. I also find mass marriage to be really culty personally.
 
I'm a vehement supporter of SSM but this seems really weird and gaudy. Marriage is supposed to be a solemn commitment between people, not a publicity piece for an awards show. I also find mass marriage to be really culty personally.

marriage is whatever the people involve want it to be :shrug:

and all marriages are culty, it was very touching and amazing IMO
 
I'm a vehement supporter of SSM but this seems really weird and gaudy. Marriage is supposed to be a solemn commitment between people, not a publicity piece for an awards show. I also find mass marriage to be really culty personally.

No surprise that the same bunch who supports degrading the concept of marriage, by putting forth such a sick mockery as “same sex marriage”, would also treat marriage as a cheap publicity stunt.

You cannot possibly support “same sex marriage”, and still hold any respect for what marriage is truly about.
 
You cannot possibly support “same sex marriage”, and still hold any respect for what marriage is truly about.

I love that equal rights makes you so upset :) its reassuring that america is doing the right thing

any facts to back up this claim?
 
No surprise that the same bunch who supports degrading the concept of marriage, by putting forth such a sick mockery as “same sex marriage”, would also treat marriage as a cheap publicity stunt.

You cannot possibly support “same sex marriage”, and still hold any respect for what marriage is truly about.

And what exactly is marriage about? Family? Love? The bonding of two souls? The joining of two families? The desire to live, laugh and grow old with someone through the good and the bad? I mean, seriously, what is marriage truly about?
 
No surprise that the same bunch who supports degrading the concept of marriage, by putting forth such a sick mockery as “same sex marriage”, would also treat marriage as a cheap publicity stunt.

You cannot possibly support “same sex marriage”, and still hold any respect for what marriage is truly about.




That's your opinion, which you are entitled to, and which I and a lot of other people don't agree with.




"Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself."
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
 
I'm a vehement supporter of SSM but this seems really weird and gaudy. Marriage is supposed to be a solemn commitment between people, not a publicity piece for an awards show. I also find mass marriage to be really culty personally.

I would agree except they were all already married, the ceremony was just renewal of their vows. Not at all the same as a mass marriage.
 
I don't really care as I find all awards show semi-ridiculous...but marriage on a music awards show?

Whatever the American masses want I guess.

What's next...marriage consummations? First arguments? First child births? Live divorce finalization?
 
I don't really care as I find all awards show semi-ridiculous...but marriage on a music awards show?

Whatever the American masses want I guess.

What's next...marriage consummations? First arguments? First child births? Live divorce finalization?

Again they were already married. It was not a marriage ceremony. It was just a celebration of marriage in all forms and a way to inform the public that the music industry is firmly in favor of SSM too. Its a new world that some will just have to get used too.
 
Again they were already married. It was not a marriage ceremony. It was just a celebration of marriage in all forms and a way to inform the public that the music industry is firmly in favor of SSM too. Its a new world that some will just have to get used too.

I don't much care if people were marrying table lamps (I am for SSM, btw)...like I said, whatever the masses want.

As long as no one gets hurt...knock yourselves out.

But still seems a bit goofy to me. Marriages on a music awards show.

Whatever.
 
I don't much care if people were marrying table lamps (I am for SSM, btw)...like I said, whatever the masses want.

As long as no one gets hurt...knock yourselves out.

But still seems a bit goofy to me. Marriages on a music awards show.

Whatever.

I agree it seemed goofy but it shows how important SSM is to many in the industry and that it is here to stay. There is no doubt that that was the reason for including it.
 
I agree it seemed goofy but it shows how important SSM is to many in the industry and that it is here to stay. There is no doubt that that was the reason for including it.

I understand/understood that. And it's a nice gesture for same sex couples.

It's still goofy.
 
I would agree except they were all already married, the ceremony was just renewal of their vows. Not at all the same as a mass marriage.

The OP's article uses the term "mass marriage," as do other articles. "Renewal of vows" or "re-commitment ceremony" or whatever, the interruption was a stunt, one that served to cheapen both "marriage" and the Grammies, in my opinion. What a challenge for the Oscars to top this, though. :roll:
 
Grammy Awards to feature live on-air mass marriage ceremony- NYT | Reuters


Back-up Links:
Grammys to feature mass marriages - chicagotribune.com
Queen Latifah to Officiate 34 Weddings During "Same Love" at Grammys - Us Weekly

Wow thats interesting, I probably wasnt going to watch and just catch the clips later but i might have to tune in for this part.

Such a great thing,seems so nice. Its great some many people are standing up for equal rights and showing what civility, freedom, rights and caring for your fellow americans is all about.

Reminds me of the movie Scrooged with Bill Murray where he wants to televise the baptism of the entire Zulu Nation.
 
All I know is the Techno Electric Group that won 4 awards.....Sucked.

It has become ridiculous with Liberal Hollywood and Entertainers always looking to make some political statement at an Awards Ceremony.

How about, get you award say some thank you's and then go sit down.....then STFU!
 
For the love of christ, why must EVERYTHING become political. Could it be at all possible to imagine an award show about Music being simply about...oh I don't know...music.

I don't care what the political stance is, sometimes It'd just be nice to have things in life to enjoy that isn't trying to make a socio-political message.
 
For the love of christ, why must EVERYTHING become political. Could it be at all possible to imagine an award show about Music being simply about...oh I don't know...music.

I don't care what the political stance is, sometimes It'd just be nice to have things in life to enjoy that isn't trying to make a socio-political message.


Well I remember the days when you could tune in to MTV and actually see videos. Those days are long gone my friend. These cultural elites just have to be heard as everyone knows they're all so much more enlightened than the rest of us. ;)


P.S. I haven't watched an awards ceremony in decades.


Tim-
 
Well I remember the days when you could tune in to MTV and actually see videos. Those days are long gone my friend. These cultural elites just have to be heard as everyone knows they're all so much more enlightened than the rest of us. ;)


P.S. I haven't watched an awards ceremony in decades.


Tim-



"I know" Right, cmon'.....I can't believe they want us to think electronic Music is Music. I mean WTF.....that stuff was damn near like something out of Buck Rogers.

How dare they play that on the radio like they did this morning. I know they were only samples.....but cmon now!

**** wasn't even House Music, Dammit.
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Grammy Awards to feature live on-air mass marriage ceremony- NYT | Reuters


Back-up Links:
Grammys to feature mass marriages - chicagotribune.com
Queen Latifah to Officiate 34 Weddings During "Same Love" at Grammys - Us Weekly

Wow thats interesting, I probably wasnt going to watch and just catch the clips later but i might have to tune in for this part.

Such a great thing,seems so nice. Its great some many people are standing up for equal rights and showing what civility, freedom, rights and caring for your fellow americans is all about.

Sickening, to say the least.

It's sad to see those with perverted sexual appetites flaunt their disgust publically.
 
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