Modern Family co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson says he faced
discrimination growing up in New Mexico.
Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita played hosts to New
Zealand's first ever mid-air gay marriage on Monday, the first day a
recently approved marriage law took effect.
Lynley Bendall and Ally Wanikau exchanged vows at 39,000 feet as
the winners of Air New Zealand's Love Is In The Air contest.
They won the contest by submitting a video featuring their three
young foster children holding signs saying why their mothers should
get marriage aboard a plane. (The video is embedded on this page.
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The couple, together 13 years, married on a domestic flight
between Queenstown and Auckland.
(Related: New
Zealand gay marriage law takes effect Monday.)
In
comments to the AP, Ferguson said that he was bullied as a child.
βIt was difficult,β he said. βI was name-called a lot, I
had to move schools a few times because I was bullied. A lot of
those people who bullied me are now very jealous of my career, and
have tried to connect with me on Facebook. And, of course, I'm a
very forgiving person, but, you know, I don't totally forget.β
The wedding couple's reception was held in a hangar and featured
live music and a rainbow-colored wedding cake. Their prize package
also includes a honeymoon in Palm Springs, California.