October 9, 2015
Marine in 2012 Viral Kiss Photo Ties the Knot
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The Marine sergeant and his boyfriend who were immortalized in a 2012 viral photo that showed the couple kissing at a homecoming event in Hawaii, tied the knot last weekend, Gay Star News reports.
The iconic photo, which circulated around social media in February 2012 - not long after the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy ended (the measure that prohibited LGBT military members from openly serving), shows Marine Sergeant Brandon Morgan kissing his then-boyfriend, Dalan Wells at Marien Corps Base Hawaii. Morgan had just returned from a six-month tour in Afghanistan and jumped into the arms of his partner.
The couple's friend snapped the pic and posted it on Facebook.
"This is a homecoming picture-gay, straight, lesbian, no matter who you are, love is love," Morgan told local media at the time. "We haven't fought for more rights or better rights than anyone. We've fought for equal rights, and now we have them."
A year later, Morgan proposed to Wells. The men have been together since 2008.
The couple married in Honeoye Falls, New York.
