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SAS Wants Gay Couples Down The Aisle
Gay friendly Scandinavian airline SAS said it plans to host the first ever in-flight same-sex wedding in December, and is searching for a suitable couple to walk down the airplane aisle.
"It will be a very traditional wedding," SAS
spokesman Anders Lindstroem told AFP. "There will be wedding cake and
dancing in the aisles."
SAS is accepting entries from gay couples who want to
celebrate their nuptials mid-flight from Stockholm to New York on December 6,
with the winning entry will be chosen by an online vote.
The ceremony itself would need to take place in Swedish airspace,
where gay marriage is legal, he added.
The wedding couple and their guests would have the entire
business class section closed off, in part to avoid offending any other
customers who might not approve of the mile-high matrimony.
"We don't want to offend anyone. We hope we won't
offend anyone. It is the year 2010 after all," Lindstroem said.