Iceland PM weds as gay marriage legalised

[MinneapolisMatt]

Source: Telegraph

Miss Sigurdardottir, 68, formally married Jonina Leosdottir, a writer, after the couple submitted a demand for their civil union to be transformed into a marriage, the RUV broadcaster said.

Iceland's parliament on June 12 unanimously adopted legislation allowing gay marriage, in a law that came into force on Sunday.

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Miss Sigurdardottir, born in 1942, took power in February 2009. She has lived with Miss Ledsdottir, who is in her fifties, for several years and the couple entered a civil union in 2002.

She is the world's first openly gay head of government.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/7858150/Iceland-PM-weds-as-gay-marriage-legalised.html

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Congratulations!

[izquierdista]

1. Johanna

Sigurdardottir is not a last name, it is a patronymic. Icelanders don't have last names, there's not enough of them.

[JI7]

2. iceland is a place i would like to go one day

[mnhtnbb]

3. Waiting for the fundies to link volcanic eruption with teh gay.

:sarcasm:

[Bobbieo]

4. Is that volcano still active???? Very little news since teh Gulf spill.

[Socal31]

12. Here let me give it a try:

The volcano erupting and shooting debris in the air is symbolism for when two men....


OK I have nothing. But we all know the volcano spread teh ghey!!!111oneone

[FreeState]

15. They already did so a week ago, link

http://jameshartlinereport.blogspot.com/2010/06/iceland-didnt-get-memo-from-god.html


"Iceland didn't get the memo from God: After recently being struck with a catastrophic volcano that threatens to destroy their nation, Iceland has pressed forward with their governmental rebellion against God's commandments.

2nd Iceland volcano issues warning
Scientists say powerful Katla is ‘close to failure’

Voting 49-0, Iceland has voted to legalize same-sex marriages under the reign of their satanic prime minister, open lesbian Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir.


In recent months the entire continent of Europe was traumatized and shut down by the massive volcanic eruption in Iceland. Three weeks ago, scientist began warning of an impending 2nd eruption from another volcano on the island nation.

Yet, the government bureaucrats in Iceland press on in their rebellion against God. "We don't care if we destroy ourselves! We will have our sins and we will have our destruction! Who cares if we have tomorrow!" "

[mnhtnbb]

19. OMG. LOL.

:rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Iceland needed some good news. K&R

[BolivarianHero]

6. Iceland is fucked though...

They had a left-wing president who protected the notorious neo-Nazi Bobby Fischer just because of chess' popularity there. Odd.

[jonthebru]

9. That was when?

Who cares.

[aquart]

17. Bobby Fischer was a CHESS player.

Nobody cares what chess players think. All they ever do is play chess.

[proteus_lives]

7. Wave of the future.

[CLANG]

8. ICELAND - The most progessive country on Earth.

[Vickers]

10. Woo hoo!

:bounce::toast::thumbsup::kick::headbang::fistbump::headbang::kick::thumbsup::toast::bounce:
:bounce::toast::thumbsup::kick::headbang::fistbump::headbang::kick::thumbsup::toast::bounce:
:bounce::toast::thumbsup::kick::headbang::fistbump::headbang::kick::thumbsup::toast::bounce:
:bounce::toast::thumbsup::kick::headbang::fistbump::headbang::kick::thumbsup::toast::bounce:
:bounce::toast::thumbsup::kick::headbang::fistbump::headbang::kick::thumbsup::toast::bounce:

[Divine Discontent]

14. +1 what you said!!! ha! The world is changing - 1st black US president &

1st openly gay leader of a modern country.

just awesome! so glad that they did this while she was in power. wish our president would back gay marriage.................

[pansyofanotaku]

11. Awesomeness Squared!!!

I know practically nothing about Iceland, but I think that's effin' awesome! I think it's so cool that for once a woman was a "first" of something and not a "first woman" of something! She is a shining example of feminism and I respect her for that. I am really surprised that no one else has admitted they are gay yet though... *hint* *hint*:P ;)

[Skittles]

13. SWEET

:D

[DesertDiamond]

16. OMG!!!! This has to be the coolest piece of news I've read since -- I don't know when!

[Odin2005]

18. Congrats!

:party:

Love those Icelanders, my Norse kin! :)