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Gay U.S. ambassador to Australia marries partner
The openly gay and newly confirmed U.S. ambassador to Australia married his partner in D.C. on Saturday in a ceremony that an Australian LGBT group is drawing attention to in its push to legalize marriage equality in that country.
John Berry, whom the Senate confirmed by voice vote last month to his post, married his partner of 17 years Curtis Yee at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in D.C.
According to a statement from the couple, attendees included Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Music as well as family and close friends. Music was provided by Theodore Guerrant and soloist, Christian Hoff.
Prior to being U.S. ambassador to Australia, Berry was director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and considered the highest-ranking openly gay person in the Obama administration. He’s now the first openly gay person to serve as a U.S. ambassador to a G-20 nation.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/08/12/gay-u-s-envoy-to-australia-marries-partner-in-d-c-ceremony/
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