07/29/2008
Marc Jacobs May or May Not Be 'Married'
There are dueling reports that Marc Jacobs signed a Civil Solidarity Pact with his boyfriend Lorenzo Martone over the weekend in Paris (on Friday I posted that this might happen) and that he didn't.
Today, Page Six reports that "Jacobs is a newlywed" and signed the pact on Sunday, quoting a source who says, "He's totally excited. He said he's head-over-heels in love with Lorenzo. His life is coming together now."
Fashion Week Daily reported yesterday:
"Turns out the designer is currently in Paris--toiling away at the Louis Vuitton offices, in fact, pre-Ibiza. (Yes, they still close for August in blessed Europe.) 'He's here right now,' said a member of the press office, when we asked where to send flowers...So far, a store manager at the Marc Jacobs Palais Royal boutique in Paris hasn't seen the designer. 'He was not in the Paris store this weekend, but sometimes it happens when he is in town,' she said. As for the marriage rumors? 'I don't know about his private life.' A salesperson at the Marc Jacobs store on Bleecker Street remained equally mum...One man who is always in the know--Davé Cheung of Marc's regular chinois restaurant Davé--seemed shocked by the news. 'I don't know about this,' he said on a break from dinner service. 'We cannot get married in France yet--here, we have not yet passed such a law. In Spain, yes. In San Francisco, yes. But not Paris. To get married here is impossible--unless it is to a lady. They can have a celebration but not a legal marriage.'"
Then there's the other question — if he really wanted the union to have legitimacy in the U.S., why not do it in California?
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I have a question to pose to the general population.
My boyfriend and I are planning on getting married this year but we are going to Canada for it. We both feel the situation in California is too unstable and could still be overturned and we don't want a marriage that is invalid in a year (so we can understand why Marc wouldn't do it). Has anyone else gone to Canada to be married?
Posted by: MT | Jul 29, 2008 8:25:14 AM
He can't be paxed here. You need proof that you have been together at least 3 years. And that's for gays and straights.
Posted by: Todd | Jul 29, 2008 9:03:51 AM
to me, it doesn't matter. I live in Georgia so no matter where I get married, it will not be recognized at home.
However, if things go better than expected in California and later in your home state and with the federal government, your canadian marriage will not be recognized because it is a foreign country, but your californian one would. food for thought.
Lastly, I'd like to see this lorenzo's schlong. Marc being so quick to want to marry him makes me wonder if it is of record size.
Posted by: Dan B | Jul 29, 2008 9:04:37 AM
MT, I know a gay American couple that got married in Montreal last summer. It's as legally binding as any other same-sex marriage from any other jurisdiction like South Africa, Spain, or the Netherlands. More legally stable, as you point out, than a California union, at this point in time.
Posted by: jeffy | Jul 29, 2008 9:51:07 AM
Was Erik Rhodes the flower girl?
Posted by: Rich | Jul 29, 2008 10:05:46 AM
so I'm not a hundred percent sure because the laws might have changed lately in France(but i doubt it) but in order to get married or PAX'D it has to be done at city hall in front of a clerk.. One can not get joined in a church.. that is why a lot of French weddings happen on Friday and Saturday, with Friday being the civil ceremony and Saturday being the religious one/party.. so signing papers on Sunday would seem unlikely
Posted by: matthieu | Jul 29, 2008 11:09:35 AM
todd, where are you getting this misinformation? there is no time requirement for "being together" for a pacs. i, for one, got pacsed with my french partner after a year together.
and as for "having legitimacy in the us", i don't see how getting "married" in california does it. pretty much all the big rights and obligations related to marriage operate on the federal level and the last time i checked the US federal government hates us to death and wouldn't consider according us the meanest sliver of "legitimacy". state "marriages" aren't really marriages at all.
france might not have gay marriage (yet), but at least the French State truly recognises gay unions in the form of a pacs.
Posted by: rouquinricain | Jul 29, 2008 12:26:15 PM
a) In jurisdictions that allow gay marriage, marriages in other jurisdictions (Canada, Europe, Mass, or California) will count as legit.
b) Marriages that take place before the election in California will still be valid after the election if the marriage ban is passed. Those would be prior acts and prior acts cannot be overturned by an election. The ban would apply to new marriages. So there is no need to go to Canada.
c) Marriage is a state matter, as you find out when you want a divorce. The federal laws govern marriage only deal primarily with taxes and social security benefits (some pension rules too). A certain amount of this remains to be litigated as a lot of companies want to ignore state law as a matter of convenience.
Posted by: anon | Jul 29, 2008 1:04:29 PM
ERIK RHODES MUST BE CRYNG IN HIS MILK...
Posted by: buddyduye | Jul 30, 2008 12:08:51 AM