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<a href="http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/entertainment/elton-john-and-david-furnish-wed-may" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">According to the Las Vegas Review Journal</span></a>, Elton John will
marry longtime partner David Furnish in May. The two will wed in England, after
more than eight years in a British civil partnership Furnish told the Las Vegas
Review Journal that the decision to have a ceremony <a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-british-same-sex-marriage-20140328,0,4919802.story#axzz2xS8P9JnO" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">follows the long-awaited legalization of same-sex marriage in Britain</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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"<a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Elton-John-Marry-David-Furnish-1079802.aspx" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">We don't feel the need to
take an extra step legally</span></a>," he said. "But since we're
committed for life, we feel it's really important to take that step, and take
advantage of that amazing change in legislation. We all live by example."<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/03/gay-marriage-now-legal-england-wales" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Marriage Act was
passed in July</span></a>, but ceremonies officially began on Saturday, with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/british-government-display-rainbow-flags-same-sex-marriage-legalization-article-1.1737825" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">rainbow flags displayed
in anticipation of the country's first same-sex weddings</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Back in October, John told Jimmy Kimmel that he felt it was
his "<a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/468289/elton-john-tells-jimmy-kimmel-he-ll-marry-partner-david-furnish-next-year" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">duty</span></a>" to
be among the first gay couples to wed once gay marriage became a reality in
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Furnish similarly echoed the sentiment of moral obligation in
Attitude magazine, writing, "<a href="http://www.vulture.com/2014/03/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-getting-married.html" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Elton and I will marry –
as a high-profile couple</span></a>, we feel it is our duty to do it, to make
sure that everyone knows that this is something that many gay men living in
this country never dreamed would happen."<o:p></o:p></div>
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The couple has been together since 1993 and have two children
together. Although their celebration of civil partnership was celebrated with a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20801558,00.html" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">$2 million reception</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that included<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2592432/Civil-partners-Sir-Elton-John-David-Furnish-wed-May-time-itll-small-sons-witnesses.html" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" target="_hplink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">650 guests</span></a>,
the approaching wedding will be a bit smaller. "I think what we'll do is
go to a registry office in England in May" Furnish said, "[We'll]
take the boys with us, and a couple of witnesses."</div>

Elton John To Marry David Furnish In May

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal , Elton John will marry longtime partner David Furnish in May. The two will wed in England, aft...