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Man Pops Question During Gay Marriage Hearing

See, Kanye, this is an interruption the crowd actually liked

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2009 2:15 PM CST

(Newser) – A stuffy DC city council hearing might not be most people’s idea of a romantic place to get engaged, but maybe the chance to be a YouTube celebrity made it all worth it for Andy Hertzberg and Andy Rollman. That, or they were hoping... Read full story »

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