Why help a kid get into AMDA when you can pay for Jamie McGonnigal’s wedding? - Page 5

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 1:34pm

The mind boggles. I almost wish they'd line up with other gay couples trying to get married and asking for hand outs, because I think they'd end up last.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 1:38pm

"We champion Engagement Organizing"

Ahhh ... he's just being a team player.

[cupcake3]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 1:47pm

May I donate a penny?
(Is there a minimum?)

http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/when-should-you-give-money-to-support-your-friends-pursuits/

http://www.womansday.com/life/saving-money/balancing-friends-family-finances-119034

http://www.moneycrashers.com/why-you-should-not-lend-money-to-friends-and-family/

http://www.moneycrashers.com/refuse-lending-money-family-friends/

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 1:59pm

Unfortunately it rounds up. I tried to donate 69 cents.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 4:23pm

The more we learn about this guy, the more disgusted I am by this thing.
These guys are not needy. They are not beaten down or denied success. They are not suffering. The fact they are asking for $10,000 for a "modest" wedding in a location not terribly far from areas slammed by a historic hurricane is even more tasteless. Why? Because they've done charity work, so now they should be on the receiving end? Whatever, man. If you're so much in love, make do with whatever you have. I'm sure their truly closest friends and relations, if they truly are close, will be able to make it to Cape Cod on their own.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 4:41pm

I'm amazed at the amount of money they've already raised.

This really pushes all the wrong buttons.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 4:46pm

I can't lie. He had some really fun benefits in NYC. Broadway <3s the 80s 1&2 were a riot. This reeks, though. I wonder if he does know how poorly this is being received by some.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 4:49pm

I have a feeling this may have been done without Jamie's knowledge. The page was set up by the fiance and refers to JM in the third person. If JM had set it up I think it may have been worded differently. I have seen break-ups over things like this where one person does not know what the other is writing in their name...

I may be wrong, of course. It has been known to happen.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 4:50pm

I had wondered the same. It's really the only excuse I can come up with.

[nygrl232]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 4:54pm

I do think this is tacky, and maybe it'll work out for them, but what will they do when they want a house or a new car, etc?

Out of curiosity I googled 'average wedding budget'--it's around $27,000. JEEZ!

Updated On: 12/7/12 at 04:54 PM

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 4:57pm

According to the Wedding Association, the average wedding dress is $1500. Since these two won't be wearing one, I image their wedding will be a little bit cheaper than $27K.

I can't believe people spend an average yearly income on a wedding.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 6:21pm

The 47 people who donated are listed under the tab at the top that says "Funders."

Jordan Roth gave $100.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 6:37pm

Broadway Loves the 80s was

[Jose]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 6:43pm

@PJoey: I saw that a few days ago. It was a surprise name, but then again Jordan and his husband have offered to may all donations to Freedom To Marry up to $100,000, thru Dec 31st. A generous offer on their part. In my opinion however, Jamie and his partner's self-interested plea wouldn't warrant support form that non-profit on its merits, or any for that matter. I'm a supporter of anyone wishing to marry but it did irk me to see that Jordan, and all those other suckers, would support this shameless tactic.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 6:49pm

What does a Vera Wang wedding kilt go for?

[Kad]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 6:54pm

Wow, did not know I submitted that sentence fragment. Downfall of smartphone posting.

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 7:18pm

Not a fragment! You have a perfectly good subject and verb there. And it's not at all inaccurate. It indeed was.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:48pm

Broadway Loves the 80s totally was.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:56pm

I have a feeling this may have been done without Jamie's knowledge.

Well, he knows it's there now, doesn't he? And he hasn't taken it down or anything.

Updated On: 12/7/12 at 08:56 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 9:00pm

"This biographical article needs additional citations for verification, as it includes attribution to IMDb. IMDb may not be a reliable source for biographical information."

MAY not be?! I guess just any loser can go in and start their own Wiki page?

[NoName3]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 9:32pm

Don't let it rain on these poor little persons.
There's nothing worse than poor little persons.

Give till it hurts, give till it hurts
For the poor little persons!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 10:21pm

Well. Well. Well.

You land on HuffPost after following a link to their coverage of the Supremes and Prop 8 and DOMA and you end up in the Gay Voices section and then the Gay Marriage subsection and what do you stumble over? If you're me, you stumble over Jamie McGonnigal's blog post telling his tale of how important his marriage to Sean is going to be and how tortured he has been his entire life by the little voice in his head that has continually told him that no matter how good things are in his life, he can't get married like a princess in a Disney movie and therefore he is not fully valued and therefore he is less than and he has been hearing this voice since he was TEN YEARS OLD.

Instead of rejecting that model, the only thing that will apparently assist in taking care of this psychic damage is to completely buy into the heteronormative structure and finally be free (!?). I just, I just, I can't quite believe it.

I'm beginning to think if gay marriage bans are overturned by the Supremes, he and Sean should spearhead the American Reparation Act for Homosexuals Previous Inability to Wed and the Post-Traumatic Stress it Caused class action lawsuit, or something. No WONDER the poor thing couldn't work to get the wedding he wants to have.

I'm a little bit flabbergasted.

My assumptions were challenged that he was not a part of the composition that accompanies the fundraising appeal, because much of the same language is in the Huffpo piece, along with, wouldn't you know it, a link to that page.


This time for me... for me... for me... for me... FORRRR MEEEEEE!

Updated On: 12/7/12 at 10:21 PM

[Jose]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:57pm

So I just went there Namo. It's not surprising that one finds another shameless opportunist masquerading as a do-gooder.

So many people with no means go out and raise $$ to do good in the world and this guy is looking to throw himself a wedding.

It still leaves a very bad taste.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 12:01am

Yeahhhhh. I'm really baffled by this. How can somebody who has worked sooooooo maaaaaaany years on a whole manner of gay rights issues so buy into the traditional marriage structure as *the* thing that will validate him and make him fully human?

[nygrl232]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 12:16am

I'm glad Jamie's happy, and that anyone is happy. The world needs happy. It's unclear why his dream to be married would be considered against his activism--there isn't much else BUT the traditional structures to go by. The genders are different, is all.

Know what else is traditional? Saving for your own wedding. A good rule of thumb for all engaged couples to keep in mind is that they are the only ones who really, ultimately give a darn about their nuptials. No one else cares. People will buy a gift, show up, get emotional, be supportive with the usual boundaries, but you can't really go beyond that.