Gay Couple Weds as Flight Veers Over Canadian Airspace

[Hissyspit]

Source: Raw Story

Gay couple weds as flight veers over Canadian airspace

By David Edwards
Friday, November 19th, 2010 -- 11:21 am

Same-sex marriages are not be legal in most US states so some gay couples are finding creative ways to tie the knot. Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress, announced Thursday that he had witnessed a gay couple get married on a redeye flight from San Francisco to New York as it briefly crossed into Canadian airpace.

"There was a wedding on my @VirginAmerica flight to New York! The captain flew briefly over Canadian airspace so two gentleman could marry," Mullenweg tweeted.

Ryan McManus, another passenger on the flight, also confirmed that a couple had been married. A Virgin America representative, contacted by CBS News, could not confirm that a wedding had taken place but also did not rule it out.

The crew has been on rest (it was a red eye flight), but I did briefly get a hold of the pilot for the flight - and there was no "diversion" - this was part of the normal flight path. He actually was unaware of the reported celebration in the cabin (so reports that a pilot performed it are definitely not correct). That flight's normal flight path (VX 28 SFO-JFK) does cross the Canadian border for a few minutes. I have not had reports from anyone else onboard however, so other than that I cannot confirm anything.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/gay-couple-weds-flight-veers-canadian-airspace

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How very cool!

Love will find a way!

:toast:

[myrna minx]

2. K&R n/t

[BlueIris]

3. Nice.

Now let's have some marriage equality so people don't have to have their weddings on airplanes unless they want to.

[FBaggins]

4. Canada doesn't require a marriage license or justice of the peace?

n/t

[bluedigger]

5. What? No TSA jokes?

:popcorn:

[Mhak]

6. Getting into the Mile High Club...

...is no longer the ultimate airliner experience. Good for them!

[2QT2BSTR8]

7. Almost like the Texas couple that got married using a WA Skype minister

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/gay-couple-in-texas-get-married-over-skype

[OKNancy]

8. CBS link

where this story was originally
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504464_162-20023266-504464.html