{"id":59864,"date":"2018-03-01T06:26:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59864"},"modified":"2018-03-01T06:26:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:26:30","slug":"australias-sydney-harbor-bridge-sees-first-same-sex-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/australias-sydney-harbor-bridge-sees-first-same-sex-wedding.html","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Sydney Harbor Bridge sees first same sex wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Australia\u2019s Sydney Harbor Bridge sees first same sex wedding<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">They met in passing while trying to lose weight but on Thursday Australian men Warren Orlandi and Pauly Phillips made history by becoming the first same sex couple to get married on top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The couple took their vows in front of family and friends gathered on the structure dubbed the \u201ccoat hanger\u201d, 134 meters (439 feet) above the city\u2019s main harbor, two days before the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The wedding is a fitting personal milestone for Orlandi especially. When he began losing weight in 2013 he was more than 370 kgs (815 lbs) and set himself the goal of being fit enough to climb the famous bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">He ultimately lost more than 250 kgs (551 lbs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Australia became the 26th nation to legalize same-sex marriage in December 2017, a watershed moment in a country where some states held homosexual activity to be illegal until twenty years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/us-australia-gaymarriage\/australias-sydney-harbor-bridge-sees-first-same-sex-wedding-idINKCN1GD3MD<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/australias-sydney-harbor-bridge-sees-first-same-sex-wedding.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Sydney Harbor Bridge sees first same sex wedding They met in passing while trying to lose weight but on Thursday Australian men Warren Orlandi and Pauly Phillips made history by becoming the first same sex couple to get married on top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. 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