Sears on Friday released a video
promoting the weddings of four gay couples which took place aboard a
Gay Pride float in Chicago's annual parade sponsored by the retail
giant.
An Illinois law allowing gay and
lesbian couples to marry took effect on June 1, making this year's
Chicago Gay Pride Parade the first to celebrate legal marriages for
gay couples in the state.
The four couples – two of which are
lesbian – were profiled in the nearly 2-and-a-half-minute video,
titled Sears: Proud to Give More To All.
“I'm feeling great,” one of the men
says. “Really excited to get it started and get these rings on our
fingers. I think everything has to do with timing. And I think this
is the right time.”
“I'm married,” another man says
after the ceremony. “I'm happy. I'm just happy.” (The video is
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