There’s nothing truly remarkable about DJ Payne and Lance Harrison’s decision to get married. The Petersburg, VA, couple has been together for 16 loving years, so when same-sex marriage became legal in Virginia, the choice was simple.
But what they never could have expected was the outpouring of support they felt from their town of 32,400 people.
The couple hired a brass band processional to march through the downtown area, and hundreds of their friends, family members and neighbors joined the impromptu parade to celebrate.
Police blocked the street as the mob of drag queens, city officials, friends and strangers joined forces for the rainbow-clad union.
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Here are some photos, scroll down for a video of the event:
Lance and DJ wedding in Petersburg, VA from CBO Images on Vimeo.
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badtungsten
Petersburg isn’t exactly some tiny hick town in the middle of nowhere. It happens to be where I-85 ends at I-95 and is part of the Richmond, VA metropolitan area which is home to more than 1,000,000 people.
Bauhaus
Small town Virginia: boarded-up windows, abandoned stores, unpainted homes, any reason for a parade. They’re my people, folks.
Check-out Mr. Tambourine Man, photo # 3.
Ol’ brother boy in pearls, photo # 4, life of the party. The only ones missing: Sissy, LaVonda and Latrelle.
BobandBev Craig
MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN & WOMAN HAS ALWAYS HAS BEEN & ALWAYS WILL BE
badtungsten
@Bauhaus: $32.09, $32.09, $32.09, $32.09….
dk_farrell
BobandBev, I do find it interesting that you are browsing on Queerty. Also, since you typed in all caps (in Internet etiquette that is the same as shouting) you feel you have something important to say.
Well, marriage has not always been between a man and a woman. If you read through the Old Testament you will see many instances of men with multiple wives, men with wives and concubines (slaves), and you will see instances where GOD commanded that men take additional wives- such as when a brother died and had no children the surviving brother married the widow and sired children with them.
And if you will read back on Friday June 26, 2015 you will see that civil marriage in America is no longer just between a man and a woman. You may not like it but it is what it is.
GG
@BobandBev Craig: WRONG!
Bauhaus
@badtungsten:
So much for behavior-modifa-somethin-or-other.
Timothy Warner
GOOD LUCK DJ & Lance, Happy Trails.
Glücklich
These small-town gays and allies look like the kind of people I’d like to have as friends. I bet the guy at the mic is a hoot.
Bauhaus
@Glücklich:
Taking a dip in an infinity edge pool or in the town quarry… Equally refreshing and delicious.
Samuel Jaxsin
<3 + <3 = <3
tricky ricky
@BobandBev Craig: marriage has been between a man and 50 women and hundreds of concubines. so go away troll. marriage is a CIVIL CONTRACT between two people. it is NOT permission to have sex granted by a church which is what you and your ilk really think marriage is.
Sansacro
@BobandBev Craig: Poor little thing: Stand in the corner, hold your breath, and shout that the sky is falling and the world is flat. It’s damn hard facing the world as it is, ain’t it!!!