A wedding-day protest.Tarek Farouk Farouk (fär  k`), 1920–65, king of Egypt (1936–52), son and successor of Fuad I. After a short regency he acceded (1937) to the throne. Maassarani, 27, and Holly DeeAnn Smith, 30, planned on having their wedding ceremony near their home in Washington Washington, town, EnglandWashington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C. But that was before the couple, who have gay friends and support marriage equality, decided they wanted to take a stand. So they went to Canada and got married on March t8 in Montreal because that country allows all couples to get married. "Upholding a discriminatory dis·crim·i·na·to·ry adj. 1. Marked by or showing prejudice; biased. 2. Making distinctions. dis·crim institution bothered both of us," said Maassarani, an attorney with a nongovernmental organization nongovernmental organization (NGO) Organization that is not part of any government. A key distinction is between not-for-profit groups and for-profit corporations; the vast majority of NGOs are not-for-profit. , whose German father was forbidden by the East German government to marry his Lebanese mother. Now Maassarani and Smith, a graduate student at American University American University, at Washington, D.C.; United Methodist; founded by Bishop J. F. Hurst, chartered 1893, opened in 1914. It was at first a graduate school; an undergraduate college was opened in 1925. Programs provide for student research at many government institutions. , are working to get other marriage-minded straight couples to do the same. Their new group, Straight Alliance for Marriage Equality, will be officially launched this summer with the help of the group Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. "A wedding is a time to get together with friends and family to show that you believe in something," Maassarani said. |
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