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Two gay veterans found their fairy-tale ending in each other last Thursday, when the senior couple married at their retirement home in Chula Vista, Calif.
John Banvard, 95, is a World War II veteran, and his new husband, Gerard Nadeau, 67, served in Vietnam. They have been together for more than 20 years, according to San Diego's Fox affiliate, both living at Veterans Home of Chula Vista for the past three years.
The newlyweds told the station they'd been waiting to tie the knot until they could get legally married. With the Supreme Court's landmark rulings in June, striking down a key section of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and effectively repealing California's ban on marriage equality known as Proposition 8, the couple wanted to make their commitment public before an intimate group of friends and family at the place they call home.
The facility director at the Department of Veterans Affairsassociated retirement home said some fellow vets and residents were upset by the couple's plan to marry. "It's been somewhat controversial," Neal Asper told the TV station, noting that the home held a town hall to discuss the upcoming wedding. "I told them, they have the right to get married here just like everybody else."
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/09/16/watch-gay-veterans-marry-calif-senior-home
Just goes to show, you can't stop love. Stories like this help me get through the day.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)My congrats to the couple, I wish them all the best
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)This should be so commonplace as a trip through the drive through.
This should not be such an anomaly as to be considered news worthy.
This should simply be an event, beautiful for those involved, but such a non-story that never makes it beyond the announcement page in the paper.
It's 2013... This type of event should be common place today. Why have we let the Neanderthals hold this down for so long?
Man... I hate republicans.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)What a nice story on such a horrible day.
William769
(55,147 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)Even in Gay years!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Cha
(297,507 posts)It mowed everything down in its way!
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)Mesmerized by those dam penguins! AAA!
William769
(55,147 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)This is a touching, wonderful story. A WWII Vet and a Viet Vet. I am so happy for them, William!
This is a very bright spot in a bad day. Thanks for posting!
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,852 posts)sheshe2
(83,853 posts)Love conquers all!.
Thanks William.
Vanje
(9,766 posts)Though sad that some people at the Veterans retirement home voiced disapproval.
This marriage should NOT be controversial
ChaoticTrilby
(211 posts)I wish them all the best. Never too late to find love, I suppose!