Mick Johnson
2011-08-18 04:01:56 UTC
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=9234
Country music singer Chely Wright and Lauren Blitzer to marry on
Saturday in Connecticut.
And so begins the fun, Wright tweeted to her more than 20,000
followers on Monday. Friends and family are driving/flying in from
all over for our special day! @lulublitzer and I feel lucky!
We're having a little party in four days, she messaged the following
day.
The women announced in April that they'll marry on Saturday, August 20
in Connecticut, one of six states where gay marriage is legal. (The
women live in New York, but at the time of their announcement the
state had yet to legalize such unions.)
It's been a really exciting time, Wright told E! Online. We fit so
well. And the best part is that our families go so beautifully
together.
Wright met her future wife through her work as a board member of Faith
in America, a non-profit that counters the bigotry, prejudice and
hostility toward the LGBT community being sold to the public for
several decades under the guise of religious belief and religious
teaching. Blitzer is the group's development director.
We want a family, Wright added. The benefit of being out is I get
to have everything that everyone else has.
Wright also said the two women will wear Jose Dias-designed white
gowns for their big day.
Last year, Wright, 40, told People magazine that she's a lesbian. She
went on to describe her life as a closeted celebrity in her memoir
Like Me.
Wish Me Away, a film documenting her coming out gay experience,
premiered in April at the Nashville Film Festival. Wright has said
that her decision to come out hurt her career.
Country music singer Chely Wright and Lauren Blitzer to marry on
Saturday in Connecticut.
And so begins the fun, Wright tweeted to her more than 20,000
followers on Monday. Friends and family are driving/flying in from
all over for our special day! @lulublitzer and I feel lucky!
We're having a little party in four days, she messaged the following
day.
The women announced in April that they'll marry on Saturday, August 20
in Connecticut, one of six states where gay marriage is legal. (The
women live in New York, but at the time of their announcement the
state had yet to legalize such unions.)
It's been a really exciting time, Wright told E! Online. We fit so
well. And the best part is that our families go so beautifully
together.
Wright met her future wife through her work as a board member of Faith
in America, a non-profit that counters the bigotry, prejudice and
hostility toward the LGBT community being sold to the public for
several decades under the guise of religious belief and religious
teaching. Blitzer is the group's development director.
We want a family, Wright added. The benefit of being out is I get
to have everything that everyone else has.
Wright also said the two women will wear Jose Dias-designed white
gowns for their big day.
Last year, Wright, 40, told People magazine that she's a lesbian. She
went on to describe her life as a closeted celebrity in her memoir
Like Me.
Wish Me Away, a film documenting her coming out gay experience,
premiered in April at the Nashville Film Festival. Wright has said
that her decision to come out hurt her career.