BY BMJ MURIITHI
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Sunday β A 33 year old Kenyan man has tied the knot with another man in Michigan, USA. Ben Gitau, who hails from Nakuru, got married to Steve Damelin at a ceremony held at Ann Arbor, MI, on Saturday afternoon.
Soon after the event, the two were seen at the Squareβs gardens kissing and fondling in public as friends and family members who had accompanied them cheered.
Mr Kararu Ririi, a close friend to the couple and a self confessed gay Kenyan residing in California, tweeted the following on Saturday shortly after attending the wedding:
βThis afternoon I had a chance to congratulate my friend, Ben and
his husband, Steve on occasion of their marriage. It is a rare thing to see a Kenyan man so courageous! Congratulations.β
Gitau lived in Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to the state of California.
Same-sex-marriage was legalized in the State of Michigan in June last year in a landmark US Supreme court ruling which struck down statesβ bans on gay or lesbian marriages between two people βas long as they love each other.β
According to a family member who spoke to the
Nation on condition of anonymity, Gitau met his βfiancΓ©,β in Atlanta where the latter was a PHD student at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Caption: American man Steven Damelin (Left) and Mr Ben Gateau from Kenya. The two tied the knot on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. PHOTO|BMJ MURIITHI|NATION MEDIA GROUP