City Council speaker Christine Quinn will tie to knot today in New York City during a private ceremony among 300 family and friends.
The occasion marks the first same sex wedding for a high-ranking city official since New York legalized gay marriage last year.
Quinn, a proud Irish American and 2013 mayoral candidate, will marry her longtime partner Kim Catullo, a corporate lawyer whom she met on a blind date in September 2011.
City officials attending include Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer.
During a press conference earlier this week Quinn told reporters that President Barack Obama is “more than invited to the wedding.”
“I’m nervous I’m going to trip on my heels, I’m nervous that the vows will stink, I’m nervous that they’ll make the dress too tight and I won’t be able to sit down or dance, worried that we sat somebody next to somebody that we didn’t know hated each other and there’s going to be a big drama,” Quinn said.
The elected official said she was moved by all the well-wish from people.
“People at the senior centers have been saying congratulations and like a good elected official I’ll go, ‘Thank you very much.’ Then I walk out and say to the staff, ‘Why are they congratulating me?’ and they’ll say, ‘Cause you’re engaged!” Quinn said.
While the details of the wedding remain covert, some information has been leaked in the last few days.
Saturday's event will be held at Stage D at Highline Stages in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district, a venue which often plays host to Fashion Week shows.
Guests will enjoy a five-tiered chocolate chip and mousse cake from New Jersey’s Chocolate Carousel Bakery, which is owned by Catullo’s old college roommate.
DNA Info reports that in lieu of gifts the couple have asked their guests to make donations to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in honor of their mothers, who both died from breast cancer when their daughters were in their teens.
Speaking on WOR-AM, Quinn said she would be wearing a bridal gown.
“I’m a little bit feeling like I’m 22-years old again, running around trying excessive number of dresses on,” Quinn said.
"It’s been great fun picking out dresses for the flower girls and all of that kind of stuff you think of when you’re a little girl, and for some of us, we felt would never get to happen," Quinn said.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Andrew | May 22, 2012, 11:02 AM EDT
Correct the date they met. They did NOT meet a few months ago. They met a decade ago. The wrong date makes them look like fools to met on a blind date and with much superficiality a few months later waltzed into a marriage
KatieMurphy | May 22, 2012, 03:06 AM EDT
Just imagine how wonderful it will be if she is also elected mayor of America's largest city.............We're making progress though sometimes I am saddened to see what is nothing but dressed up racism about our first black president on these pages.............BTW I used to be a repub, now I'd commit suicide before becoming one again........................ (go on haters - its an opportunity to spill your hate filled guts)
Bythebay | May 20, 2012, 12:19 PM EDT
wOW, the great USA is having a same sex marriage, the hate mongers didn't stop this one!!!!
ProudCanadian | May 20, 2012, 12:16 AM EDT
Hey Murph you and your cohorts could learn a lot from us here in the north,like being able to get along, having an open mind, etc. You should come up here for more than a weekend. As far a arrogance goes there is no one in the world more arrogant that some Americans. I can't say all because there are some very fine American people, but like I said in my last post, the few that aren't,you know who you are don't you Murph,Charlie, Brian0 need I go on, are extremely arrogant. The best country in the world, wave the flag if there is no war your leaders will find one. I'm not saying that Obama is great but he is a far better President than George Warmunger Bush, at least far smarter.
Murph46 | May 19, 2012, 11:02 PM EDT
Proud Canuck I go up North whenever I want an irrational dose of arrogance,then I get a big laugh and go home!Very fulfilling!Could even be you!
ProudCanadian | May 19, 2012, 07:01 PM EDT
Hey Murph this goes to show how much you know. We are not a separatist nation. We are a very open minded 21 century loving people as a lot of the good people in your country are. You and you rascist, homophobic and close minded ones are the ones who give the US it's bad name. Quit living in the dark ages and come up and live with the rest of us. Come on Murph we know you want to and bring Charlie and Brian0 and any of your other cohorts with you. You are all well come, God loves even you.
Rebelforce | May 19, 2012, 01:05 PM EDT
All decent people will wish NYC Speaker Quinn and her partner Kim best wishes. May they have a beautiful, loving life together enjoying all the many rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexual couples take for granted. Sadly, not all gay couples in the US are as fortunate as those in New York. Watch the "It could happen to You" video on YouTube and see that the lack of marriage equality for those born with same-sex orientation can have painful ramifications for many couples across the US.
Murph46 | May 19, 2012, 12:57 PM EDT
Hey proud Canuck -go back to your divided separatist country and STFU!
ProudCanadian | May 19, 2012, 12:43 PM EDT
Hey Murph say this isn't so. This can't be happening in the great USofA. Congrautlations to the happy couple from us here in the great country of Canada. The only thing in this world is love and happiness and if these two lovely people have found it within themselves, then murph and charlie and anyone else who wish to ridicule them should be ashamed of themselves. May they have a long and happy life together.