David Hyde Pierce (Niles Crane of "Fraser") marries partner, slams Prop. 8 decision

[marmar]

Good for him. I know he's been accused of being a closet case before.



AP via Yahoo!:



David Hyde Pierce says he married longtime partner


NEW YORK – After keeping his private life out of the spotlight for years, David Hyde Pierce has announced his marriage to longtime partner Brian Hargrove.

The former "Frasier" star spoke candidly in an appearance on ABC's "The View." Wearing a wedding band, Hyde Pierce revealed they tied the knot "very quietly" in California on Oct. 24.

The actor and Hargrove, a producer, are still legally wed despite the California Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to uphold Proposition 8. The gay-marriage ban was approved by voters in November, stopping legal nuptials going forward.

Angered by the ruling, Hyde Pierce said Thursday: "It's like, `Oh great, we made the cut.'"

He called it a "very odd thing" that strangers have a vote on his private decision to marry.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_en_tv/us_people_david_hyde_pierce_1

[ejpoeta]

1. OMG!! niles is gay. i'm shocked! shocked, i say!

i agree that strangers shouldn't get a say in someone's personal life. what's this i always hear about how government has no place in my personal business. except when it's someone else's personal business that i may not like. how is that ok!

[BeeBee]

4. I thought he was out years ago... n/t

[question everything]

7. Does Maris know? (nt)

[gratuitous]

2. That was the feeling I heard about Ballot Measure 9 in Oregon

The idea that someone's existence was subject to a popular vote. Thankfully, Measure 9 didn't pass in 1992, and its bastard child Measure 13 didn't pass in 1994, but Oregonians passed a Prop 8 predecessor in 2004, much to our state's shame. In 1992, a friend of mine said it just seemed so surreal to have her identity as the subject of a ballot measure.

I'd like to see Oregon put a repeal of Measure 36 on the ballot soem time soon. That ugly stain in our state constitution has been festering there for too long.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Good for him. k+r, n/t

[RockaFowler]

5. He talked about it on The View yesterday

[MiniMe]

6. Link to the video

http://www.theview.tv/video/david-hyde-pierce