New York’s Marriage Equality Act went into effect Sunday, making it legal for same-sex couples to tie the knot for the first time in the state's history.
It's about friggin' time -- and we don't just mean that from a political standpoint, either. See, weddings have been used as a television plot device for so long now -- Jim and Pam on "The Office," Marshal and Lily on "How I Met Your Mother," Chandler and Monica on "Friends," Niles and Daphne on "Frasier," etc., etc. We've simply gotten bored with the annual sweeps-month ritual of two heterosexual characters being joined in holy matrimony.
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And so in the name of TV diversity, we say bring on the gay weddings. Luckily, with so many series set in New York and an increasing number of same-sex couples found around the dial, they should soon become a television staple. Here are some notable small-screen New Yorkers who can totally get married now..
Will Truman (Eric McCormack)
“Will & Grace”
The 2006 series finale of the groundbreaking NBC sitcom flashed forward to show that Will Truman (Eric McCormack) and his boyfriend, Vince D’Angelo (Bobby Cannavale), were raising a son, Ben. A "My Two Dads" scenario that, thanks to the change in New York law, can now be a "My Two Legally Married Dads" scenario.
Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson)
"Sex and the City"
Yes, Stanford "the Fifth Lady" Blatch married Charlotte's event-planner pal Anthony Marentino in the second "Sex and the City" movie. But the ceremony took place in Connecticut, something that a fashion-forward New Yorker like Stanford had to have considered a necessary indignity. But thanks to the new law, Stanford and Anthony can do it up like civilized people.
Diana Berrigan (Marsha Thomason)
“White Collar”
Diana, a special agent with the FBI, relocated from Washington, D.C., where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2009. The move strained her relationship with her girlfriend, Christie -- but here's hoping that the new possibility of legitimate nuptials up north will have one of them shopping for a diamond ring.
Harold Waldorf (John Shea)
"Gossip Girl”
Blair's dad (at left in photo) broke up her family's not-entirely-happy home by declaring himself gay and moving to Paris to be with his model boyfriend, Roman. But maybe the possibility of legit marriage in his hometown will lure Harold back from gay Paree with his muscle-bound arm candy in tow?
Dr. George Huang (B.D.
