When ‘I Do’ Is Accompanied by iPod
Will songs like the "Star Wars" theme song or "Chariots of Fire" -- which have been used as wedding processionals elsewhere -- grace Manhattan's new marriage bureau now that it allows iPods?
View ArticleCross Off One Proposal to Bail Out M.T.A.
Paul McCartney, the former Beatle, was said to be ready to wed Nancy Shevell, a member of the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority since 2001. But the reports are being denied.
View ArticleA Call for Same-Sex Marriage Rights
More than 100 people gathered in Lower Manhattan in a demonstration urging New York State to permit same-sex marriage.
View ArticleOn a Matter of Marriage in New York
A panel of lawyers at the New York City Bar discussed the state of efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in New York State.
View Article‘Young Sex Symbols’ Gather at City Hall
It turns out that Mayor Bloomberg played a minor, but appreciated, supporting role in Matt Damon's marriage to Luciana Bozán Barroso in 2005.
View ArticleOn Nov. 23, 1963, Some People Really Did Marry
An episode of "Mad Men" raises a question: What happened to real-life weddings that were scheduled for what turned out to be the day after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
View ArticleComplaint Box | The Hard Sell
An attempt to open a joint account at a bank turns into a struggle with customer service representatives who push for separate his-and-her arrangements.
View ArticleReaction to Newlywed’s Banking Complaint
Readers weigh in on a tale of how pushy bank employees resisted a newlywed's request to add her new husband to her account.
View ArticleLove in the Time of Recession
New York on Less: a look at how the recession is affecting couples in marriage and divorce.
View ArticleCould Your Marriage Pass the Test?
Try answering the kinds of questions asked of couples when petitioning for green cards.
View ArticleReaders Put Their Marriages Up to the Test
A mock quiz for citizens and their foreign spouses prompts a mix of dissension, delight and personal revelations.
View ArticleComplaint Box | Not Enough Men to Go Around
There are 131,548 more unmarried and divorced women than men in greater New York (and if you include the widowed, that figure jumps to more than 700,000).
View ArticleLove Blessed by Lady Liberty Lives On
The statue may be closing again, but a couple who became engaged when the crown reopened in 2009 offer a happy update about themselves.
View Article141 Worth Street, 10:52 A.M.
Some people want to get married at City Hall. These two apparently wanted to get married on City Hall.
View ArticleA New Marriage License and Each Other, and Little Else
A homeless couple panhandled enough for a license, and then slept on church steps before filling out forms.
View ArticleAn Emotional Debate Before the Passage of a Marriage Bill
The Assembly approved a gay marriage bill 85-61. Some scenes from the debate.
View ArticleAn Emotional Debate Before the Passage of a Marriage Bill
The Assembly approved a gay marriage bill 85-61. Some scenes from the debate.
View ArticleOn a Matter of Marriage in New York
A panel of lawyers at the New York City Bar discussed the state of efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in New York State.
View Article‘Young Sex Symbols’ Gather at City Hall
It turns out that Mayor Bloomberg played a minor, but appreciated, supporting role in Matt Damon's marriage to Luciana Bozán Barroso in 2005.
View ArticleOn Nov. 23, 1963, Some People Really Did Marry
An episode of "Mad Men" raises a question: What happened to real-life weddings that were scheduled for what turned out to be the day after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
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