Arnold Schwarzenegger was ushered in as the 38th governor of California in 2003. As a member of the Republican party in a primarily Democratic state, as well as a former Mr. Universe and Hollywood action hero, he did not fit the typical mold. In a recent interview, Schwarzenegger reveals how he married two gay couples during his time in offices and championed gay marriage rights.
Schwarzenegger revealed that he performed two same-sex marriage ceremonieswhile governor in an upcoming interview on "60 Minutes," CBS News reported.
The conversation began when Lesley Stahl noted that Schwarzenegger called Susan Kennedy, his chief of staff, “a cigar-smoking lesbian," according to the Orlando Sentinel.
“She got married. Did you go to the wedding?” Stahl asks.
“I performed the wedding in the office,” the former governor reveals. “I married her in the office — in the governor’s office.”
Adding, “I’m for that she gets the kind of wedding and the kind of ceremony that I had when I got married with Maria [Shriver].That she happens to love a woman, and I am — a guy that loves a woman, that is two different things. It doesn't make any difference. She should still have her ceremony.”