From nymag.com
John Spofford Morgan and Louis Halsey met on May 17, 1947. Both served in the Navy in World War II, but on different oceans, as in a way they were from different worlds on land. John, who still speaks in the accent of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century elite, worked as an economist. Lou, of Hungarian-immigrant stock, cut hair for decades at the Westbury Hotel. He wears rings and bright colors; John emphatically doesn’t. But being gay was a great equalizer then. And being married is a great equalizer now. “People say, ‘So if you’re married, where’s the certificate?’” Lou explains. “Now we have it.”
The small ceremony, with a minister and three witnesses, was held in their Village apartment on November 11, a date they chose because they have for years noticed the time 11:11 on the clock by the bed. They did not exchange rings and got no gifts, “except bourbon!” Lou says. “But he”—he waves at John—“started to cry.”
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I proposed to my Partner on 11/11/11. WE plan to get married in June of 2013, lets hope we van legally do it. either way we ae going to make the commitment to each other and have our family’s and friends together to celebrate. Con grads to John and Louis may life bring yo even more happiness than it has