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Chely Wright Marries Girlfriend

Country singer weds partner, Lauren Blitzer, a year after coming out.
By: Sarah Bauder
Published: August 22nd, 2011 in Culture » Music » News
Wedding Photo of Chely Wright and Lauren Blitzer
It seems Kim Kardashian wasn’t the only one to be wed or’ the weekend. It has been revealed that country music singer Chely Wright, and girlfriend Lauren Blitzer, an LGBT activist, tied the knot on Saturday in Connecticut.

The happy couple was wed on a country estate owned by Blitzer’s aunt, with over 200 guests in attendance.
Wright, 40, who came out in May 2010, announced her engagement to Blitzer, 30, in April. The couple met a fortnight or so after Wright announced to the world that she was a lesbian.

“The freedom of being out and open about who I am allowed me to find and fall in love with Lauren -- the most amazing woman I've ever known," Wright said.

“Country music would rather an artist be a drunk -- they even encourage and endorse that one. You get good money from Jim Beam to put that emblem on the side of your bus. I was on the Crown Royal tour, and I have to say it was one of my favorite tours. They would rather you were a drug addict than be gay. They will forgive you if you beat your wife, lose your kids to state, get six divorces, make a sex tape, get labeled as a tramp — any and all of it is better than being gay," Wright had stated in an interview with The Los Angeles Times last year.

Both a reverend and a rabbi wed the couple.
Related articles: Chely Wright, Lauren Blitzer, country music, LBGT, same-sex marriage, Kim Kardashian
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