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Elton John and David Furnish to marry in May
By Aly Barchi | Published on Tuesday 1 April 2014
Elton John is to ‘consciously couple‘ with his long-time other half, David Furnish, having announced they will marry later this year.
The pair, who began a civil partnership in 2005, can now wed legally, this following the change this past Saturday in English and Welsh law to allow same-sex marriages for the first time.
John has said of the ceremony, which is set to take place at an English registry office in May: “We’ll do it very quietly. But we will do it and it will be a joyous occasion”.
Speaking via NBC’s Today show, he adds: “I’m very proud of Britain and the laws that we’ve seen come into existence since we’ve been together. Having our civil partnership was an incredible breakthrough for people that have campaigned for a long time – through the 1960s and the 1950s in England when it was so hard to be gay and hard to be open about it. And it was a criminal act”.
And: “So for this legislation to come through is joyous, and we should celebrate it. We shouldn’t just say, ‘Oh, well we have a civil partnership. We’re not going to bother to get married’. We will get married”.
