New York braces for gay wedding boom with lottery

brooklynite

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Tue Jul-19-11 02:44 PM
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New York braces for gay wedding boom with lottery

Source: MSNBC

NEW YORK — Overwhelmed by marriage applications from gay and lesbian couples who can wed under a new law starting on Sunday, New York City is conducting a lottery to decide who will be allowed to marry that day.

City officials said on Tuesday that 764 couples were expected to be married on Sunday, more than the city's previous single-day high of 621 on Valentine's Day in 2003 and 610 marriages on Aug. 8, 2008.

"We've done our homework and it's clear that the number of couples who want to marry on Sunday is more than the City Clerk's offices could possibly handle," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference in explaining the lottery.

Couples can register in the lottery between noon on Tuesday and noon on July 21 if they want to marry at any of the five city clerk's offices on Sunday. Winners will be selected randomly.

History is history, but it's going to be a lot cooler in September...

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xchrom

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Tue Jul-19-11 02:47 PM
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1. very cool! nt

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Fearless

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Tue Jul-19-11 03:17 PM
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2. Congrats to the new husbands and wives!

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brooklynite

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Tue Jul-19-11 03:43 PM
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3. I'm predicting trouble ahead...

How are they going to decide whether to leave the toilet seat up or down?

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Fearless

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Tue Jul-19-11 03:44 PM
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4. My boyfriend and I use the judgement method.

Edited on Tue Jul-19-11 03:44 PM by Fearless

If it's up and you need it down, put it down. If it's down and you want it up, put it up. Lol.

:crazy: :rofl:

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marasinghe

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Wed Jul-20-11 10:22 PM
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5. i sense trouble in a different vein.

i'm worried that my favorite bake chef, Frederic - who's gay & rather well-known in city circles for his confections - will be so busy baking wedding cakes, that i will not get my fix of petit fours for a while. ah! well; guess i could tough it out for the duration.

:party:

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No Elephants

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Thu Jul-21-11 06:47 AM
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8. Ask your baker if they freeze well.

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No Elephants

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Thu Jul-21-11 06:50 AM
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10. I thought that was the "fend for yourself" method?

Meanwhile, if a toilet seat or a toothpaste tube is what ruins your relationship.....

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No Elephants

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Thu Jul-21-11 06:48 AM
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9. Spouses?

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KittyWampus

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Wed Jul-20-11 10:25 PM
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6. Wonderful, happy news. Best wishes to all the lucky couples. I should be so lucky

in the near future. :party:

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LetTimmySmoke

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Thu Jul-21-11 12:46 AM
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7. 2011 NYC - Summer of Love

Edited on Thu Jul-21-11 12:50 AM by LetTimmySmoke

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No Elephants

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Thu Jul-21-11 06:56 AM
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11. Is this really the best NY can do? What about bringing on some Justices of the Peace for the day

or paying its "clerk force" overtime so more clerks to show up on a Sunday?

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WatsonT

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Thu Jul-21-11 08:39 AM
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12. I wonder how much money this will net the city in the next few months.

Marriage is a big business. And here you have an entirely untapped demographic that has been saving up for this for a while now.

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