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  • Guy Fieri Officiated A Free Wedding For 100 Gay Couples

    Guy Fieri is best known for his 90’s alt-rock-Food Network persona, but over the weekend he stepped outside of his Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives comfort zone to be the officiant at a massive gay wedding bash.

    The event was put together by chef Art Smith on the day after Florida lifted its ban on gay marriage, in part as a dig against Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is reportedly very vocal about her feelings on same-sex unions. In the past, Smith has called her “Cruella DeVil”, and the wedding event was originally supposed to cater to 101 couples who signed up via Twitter. However, not every couple showed up for the big day.

    No matter, though, because the event was still a huge success. Aside from Guy Fieri at the head of the altar, Ace Of Cakes star Duff Goldman took care of the wedding cake, a 7-tier affair in silver, gold and black. Smith took to Twitter after the party to thank his friends and some of the companies who helped sponsor the event, and shared several photos from the day.

    Guy Fieri made headlines last week when a deleted scene from The Interview was released featuring the chef as himself, cooking for the Prime Minister of Israel and President of the State of Palestine. The scene was originally meant to be within the film’s faux talk show, with James Franco playing host.

  • Methodist Defrocking Overturned, Pastor Frank Schaefer Will Continue To Support Gay Community

    Pastor Frank Schaefer from Pennsylvania broke church laws by presiding over his son’s same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, the United Methodist Church appeals panel overturned the decision to defrock Schaefer.

    The panel, which consists of nine people, urged the church to restore Schaefer’s pastoral credentials.

    The wedding ceremony happened in 2007 and Schaefer was suspended and then defrocked, as he did not promise that he would not preside over gay marriages in the future. In an appeal, Schaefer said that the church’s decision to defrock him was wrong, since they decided based on a notion that he would break church laws again.

    The appeals panel said in writing that “revoking his credentials cannot be squared with the well-established principle that our clergy can only be punished for what they have been convicted of doing in the past, not for what they may or may not do in the future.”

    Last week, the appeals panel met and decided that Schaefer’s 30-day suspension was enough. They also said that Schaefer should receive pay dating back to December when his suspension ended.

    Schaefer, 52, said that he is ecstatic by the decision and will be celebrating by taking his son to the White House gay pride celebration on Monday. The pastor will be resuming his pastoral work in July when he will be ministering to college students.

    In an interview, Schaefer said, “Today there was a very clear and strong signal from the church, and that message is, ‘Change is on the way.’” He also said that he has devoted his life to serving the church and getting back his position means so much.

    Conservative Methodists are not in favor of the decision. Rev. Rob Renfroe said that the Methodists are “deeply divided.” Despite the United Methodist Church’s teaching that marriage should only be between a man and a woman, hundreds of Methodist ministers have already signed a statement saying that they are willing to preside over same-sex marriages.

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