Queen Latifah married 33 same-sex
and opposite-sex couples late Sunday night on live television during the 56th
annual Grammy Awards on CBS. The mass wedding followed a performance of what
has been called a “gay anthem,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love,” with
Mary Lambert. A special additional singer, Madonna, performed “Open Your
Heart,” as Queen Latifah asked the couples to exchange rings.
“This song is a love song not for some of us, but for all of us,” Queen Latifah
told the audience. “Strip away the fear, underneath it’s all the same love.”
“We are
gathered here,” she continued, “to celebrate love and harmony, in every key and
every color.”
She then
pronounced them married couples.
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