More recently, Anni's father, Vinod, expressed his anger that Dewani had not told them in advance of his marriage that he was bisexual.
"What happens in the bedroom isn't who we are", was a phrase I heard repeated in many variations in advance of the various marriage equality rulings.
When it comes to LGBT equality, business has been out in front of many other institutions in our society, as evidenced by the fact that 379 major American companies that signed the business amicus brief to the Supreme Court in advance of last year's marriage equality decision.
Nelson's support came after numerous Democratic senators backed gay marriage in advance of Supreme Court cases on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. Two Democratic senators, Bob Casey (Pa).
In a 2010 paper, for instance, the New York University political scientist Patrick J. Egan compared polling in advance of state same-sex marriage referendums to the actual results, and found that the share of voters in pre-election surveys saying that they will vote to ban same-sex marriage is typically seven percentage points lower than the actual vote on election day.
In it he tried to reclaim jewels and other stuffs the Earl of Cumberland had received in advance of Dudley's intended marriage with Margaret Clifford.
The correlation that Ross Douthat draws between the advance of marriage equality and the decline in marriage rates ("Marriage Looks Different Now," column, March 31) is dubious.
In advance of last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling establishing nationwide marriage equality for America's same-sex couples, hundreds of businesses signed and submitted amicus, or friend of the court, briefs affirming their support for marriage equality.
Obtain the marriage license far enough in advance of the elopement date to account for any required waiting period.
In court papers filed in advance of the oral arguments Thursday, they argued that state-sanctioned marriage was the "unique gateway to the full array of federal marriage benefits," noting that the Supreme Court had explicitly noted its ruling was "confined to those lawful marriages" in states that allow them.
