Gay man marries straight woman

Gay man marries straight woman

A gay man and a straight woman in the United Kingdom have married each other for a university art project, reported the Daily Mail.Art students Nora Battenberg-Cartwright, 21, and Paul Cartwright, 20, say that their union is 'more honest' than a traditional marriage because they can tell each other when they're seeing other people.

However, the pair, both studying Fine Art have no plans to consummate their relationship,

The bride, Battenberg-Cartwright, who is German and moved to the city to study, said: "It's about an artistic unity rather than a love union, to join each other in art and make us the art. It's a really truthful marriage and we will still see other people.

"By marrying ourselves we were in effect marrying art. If we ever decided that we got to the point where we wanted to marry another person, that would be the end of the art career, really.

"But neither of us can see it on the cards, both of us expect to be old and married and continuing together.

"The marriage is kind of the foundation of our art. We do love each other, but in a different way.'

The Fine Art students' wedding was condemned by Stephen Green, national director of Christian Voice, an organisation that represents Christians.

He said, "They are denigrating the institution of marriage itself."

"Marriage is not an art project, it is the life-long union of man and woman and part of that is the sexual act which is there for companionship and the raising of children.

The couple said while their parents were initially shocked about what they had done, were supportive and beginning to understand.

The groom, Cartwright, added "It's a sort of love, you love a brother or a sister and we are very close, as far as you know we are going to spend the rest of lives together," he said.Source: The Daily Mail
Published Jan 15 2011