Marriage Equality/MCC action

Bill Siegfried,28 and Lucky Michaels, 25, a Brooklyn couple together for four years, were turned away from the City marriage bureau and refused the use of the City chapel for their marriage as Marriage Equality and the Metropolitan Community Church pressed for their rights on Valentine's Day. Looking on at right, Brendan Fay, who married his partner Tom Moulton in Canada, and Rev. Pat Bumgardner, pastor of MCC/NY, who ended up performing their service in the hallway outside the chapel.

Same-sex couples Melissa D'Andrea and Ashley McKenzie; and Bill Siegfried and Lucky Michaels were turned away from the City marriage bureau and chapel. Rev. Pat Bumgardner, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of NY (on far right) performed a service for them in the hallway.

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