Sunday, April 6, 2003

ELEVEN STRAIGHT WEEKS: Twenty-two couples celebrating their vows this weekend had their ceremonies announced in today's NYT Styles section.

For the eleventh consecutive week, not one of these couples was gay, despite the Times' declared openness towards publishing such announcements. Heck, there's even an article about gay couples divorcing in today's section. But no gay marriages.

There's even Viacom magnate Sumner Redstone's marriage to schoolteacher Paula Fortunato in today's section (though, curiously, not in the online edition), a May-to-sometime-next-March wedding at which Tony Bennett will perform, but no gay marriages.

For those keeping score (like me), starting with the January 26, 2003 issue the totals are one hundred eighty-seven heterosexual couples, zero homosexual couples.

Click here for more from me on the subject, plus scroll down on this page for a few tidbits. Up next week: pre-Passover celebrations.

[P.S. What do you get for a 79-year-old billionaire who has everything? Apparently, All Clad cookware.]

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