New Zealand PM marries her partner

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Iceland PM Weds Partner as Gay Marriage Legalized

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Iceland's prime minister has married her partner under a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the country.

One of her advisers, Hrannar B. Arnarsson, said Monday Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir and writer Jonina Leosdottir were officially married Sunday, the day the law came into force.

The pair has been in a registered partnership since 2002 and had applied to have it converted into a marriage under the new law. No ceremony was held.

The law was passed without a dissenting vote in Iceland's parliament June 11.

Social Democrat Sigurdardottir, 68, became Iceland's prime minister last year, after the previous center-right government was ousted by a wave of protest triggered by the country's economic crisis.

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So which is it, New Zealand or Iceland?

In either country, I am sure this is a non-event. Not like they're as puritanical as we are here in Amurka.

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Good for Iceland, and the couple! Congrats!

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Iceland PM Weds Partner as Gay Marriage Legalized

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Iceland's prime minister has married her partner under a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the country.

One of her advisers, Hrannar B. Arnarsson, said Monday Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir and writer Jonina Leosdottir were officially married Sunday, the day the law came into force.

The pair has been in a registered partnership since 2002 and had applied to have it converted into a marriage under the new law. No ceremony was held.

The law was passed without a dissenting vote in Iceland's parliament June 11.

Social Democrat Sigurdardottir, 68, became Iceland's prime minister last year, after the previous center-right government was ousted by a wave of protest triggered by the country's economic crisis.

Way cool. But: Iceland is not New Zealand... And for what it's worth, the current PM of NZ is a male.

Edited June 28, 2010 by that_girl