September 5, 2007

Adelaide Aussies Plan Mass ‘Mo Wedding

Same-sex couples will stage a mass gay wedding ceremony on Montefiore Hill as part of November’s Feast Festival.

While gay marriage is not legal in Australia, Feast artistic director Daniel Clarke said the celebration, called Loved Up, would be an opportunity for same-sex partners to publicly declare their love and commitment.

“It is a political statement but it will also be a really fun day,” Mr Clarke said yesterday. “There are 20 couples at the moment and it keeps increasing. It’s not a mock-up and people are taking it very seriously.”

The ceremony, to be held on November 18, will be followed by a garden party with wedding singers and musicians on the lawns of Carclew. …