Pink, Russell Simmons, Lady Gaga Celebrate a New Gay Marriage Law

By Christine Fenno Posted Jun 25th 2011 12:37PM

Late on Friday, New York became the sixth (and most populous) state in the nation to pass a law allowing gay marriage, and in celebration, stars joined supporters of the measure to cheer the historic milestone on Twitter.

Pink gave an all-caps jump for joy, shouting, "CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! ABOUT TIME!"

Neil Patrick Harris tweeted, "It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!" His elated partner, David Burtka, announced, "I've already proposed, he said yes! Thank god!" (He soon added a clarification: "Neil and I have been wearing rings for years. We have been engaged for a while. It did not just happen.")

Russell Simmons, who gave counsel to Tracy Morgan during the comic's recent homophobia controversy, logged on to tweet, "I applaud the work of our state gov't and all of the advocates on tonight's vote to legalize same sex marriage." He added, "The rights u take for granted are only valid if u fight to give those same rights to others."

Lady Gaga said, "I can't stop crying. We did it kids."

New Yorkers Alec Baldwin and Rosie O'Donnell joined the online praise; he tweeted, "Congrats....to Cynthia Nixon for all of her hard work on behalf of marriage equality" while O'Donnell wrote, "Happy gays r here again!!!!!"

LeAnn Rimes celebrated with the tweet, "Hell yeah NY! I have gotten several requests from friends....for a wedding singer!!!"

Joy Behar chimed in with, "Could not be more thrilled that gay marriage finally passed in NY. Congrats!!!"

Christina Applegate tweeted, "I am giddy! Congratulations New Yorkers! This is a proud moment! the way it should be! Love is love! humans are humans!"

'Cougar Town' star Busy Phillips said, "I truly believe that OUR children & THIER children will look back on this time in disbelief that same-sex couples were not allowed to wed."

And with the caption "Not more, not less, just #EQUALITY," Ricky Martin posted a popular photo that was going viral overnight, of the Empire State Building illuminated in a rainbow of colors.

Tags: Lady Gaga, neil patrick harris, pink, russell simmons

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Sunday 26 June

By ramonapacheco

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Our government has made marriage a legal contract therefore every adult should have the right to enter into it.

By Louie

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Wrong! Contracts cannot be held legally binding or valid if they are entered into for illegal or immoral purposes. Nor can they be formed by minors or "Insane Adults"! Know what the hell you're talking about before you publish it Moron!

By ny456

Pink is excited?!? I wonder why......

By stm

Being a midget is also a birth defect. Should midgets not be allowed to marry?

By DUDE

"IT'S INDED A GREAT DAY, ANAL SEX FOR EVERYONE!!!!"

By russellmgm

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Just wondering...how many of you bible thumping gay bashers have children out of wedlock? We ALL know what the bible says about THAT! Having a string of babies by people you are not married to is absolutely a SIN. So why don't you all get down on your knees and pray for your own salvation instead of minding everbody else's business? Amen

By American

Pucker up

By Michael Williams

I hope same-sex marriage will be legal in all fifty states before I die!

Sad day for America.

By Jeffrey

Do you really believe that gays have just appeared. Many have been living a married life style for decades. All this does is give them the same legal rights that a man - women marriage has. In fact it makes things easier for everyone "legally". Things like power of attorney, Wills, Medical issues.

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hEY sbREWTON9,

Let me explain it to you then. The relationship between "Man marries dog" and "Man marries man" is that both are total perversions conducted by friggen sickos who are striving to alter their sicko image by latching on to an institution which is reputed to be one of dignity and respect! Get it Moron?

By Brighton

Louie wrote: "The relationship between "Man marries dog" and "Man marries man" is that both are total perversions conducted by friggen sickos who are striving to alter their sicko image by latching on to an institution which is reputed to be one of dignity and respect! Get it Moron?"

So, Louie, how much dignity & respect does it have when 50% of heterosexual marriages end in divorce? Or married men & women have affairs at the drop of a hat? The only perversion of marriage is what heterosexuals have done to it. Stand back and let a real man show you how it's done.

It's so obvious from your wild-eyed rantings and ugly language that you are a man with a long way to go as far as righteousness goes. But, as usual with hypocrites of your ilk, you're spending all of your energy focusing outwardly and condemning others. Every word you writes lets the world know that your soul is sadly stained by sin. Really, if you want to change the world, do us all a favor and start with yourself.

By Crispin

Anthony Weiner is leading the parade. In celebration, some of his new releases are going to be shown in Broadway and 42 Street. Standing room only. Barney Frank will have the best seats in the house with the love of his life next to him. They are already planning a huge business expansion into the big apple.What a day for Barney and his followers.His remarks were" now my business will be booming". Only in the USA. Let's bring down Sarah. She is married to a man!!!Disgusting, Barney said

By CrazyDave

The perverts praise perversion while the country sinks lower..there really is no hope for this nation.. I don't blame the perverts though, I blame those who allowed themselves to be bullied into not standing for what is right for fear of being labeled homophobic and such.. you all bought the why can't we all get along lie.. we can't all get along, there is no concord between light and darkness.. sell your kids souls for non existent rights.. sad.

By LAURA J

Russel Simmons is gay?

By Giovanna

I look at it this way if two people love each other no matter what sex they are it should not bother you or I that they want to get married. It is their choice not yours and it is not anyone's business really. You don't have to like it and you need to ask your self how bad is it bothering you and if it is really that much of a bother to you then you might want to get a life because it seems to me that gay people are moving on with theirs.

By Real Truth

Still getting it wrong. The Constitution does not guarantee fake men and fake women the right to pretent to be real men and real women.

Lets identify all those politicians who voted for this lunatic perversion and make sure this is their last term in office.

Yeh, good luck with that. Their actions just insured them another term. And they deserve it. Laws based on religion aren't just for all. For once, politicians did what was RIGHT & FAIR & JUST. The only lunatic perversion is you pretending to believe in a god when it suits your purpose to attack others. Your god must be so proud of you.....

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