Getting married in church

Looking at the picture above you might think that those two little girls are a little too young for those two guys…  Don’t worry, Norway does not allow child-brides nor grooms for that sake.  The two guys in the picture, Gard Realf Nielsen and Lasse Sandaker, actually married each other and the two cute girls were their flower girls.  Yeah, a gay wedding in a church….  And on top of that they were married by lesbian priest Siri Sunde.  Thumbs up for Norway allowing gay and lesbians to marry like everyone else.  Not everyone was thrilled about the two gay men being wed in church however.  From what I gather a couple of bishops and other figure heads in the Norwegian church must have choked on their morning coffee when they found out..

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a Norwegian flying-squirrel-man

Look at this amazing youtube video by Hans Lange, a Norwegian base jumper who in August filmed himself crashing into the mountainside in Romsdalen.  More recently Hans Lange has become known for having used the words holy-shit on NBC’s Today show while being interviewed by Matt Lauer.  I am not sure what takes more bravery; jumping off a mountain or using a four letter word on American TV.

Check out the interview on the Today show clicking here

Read the article in Dagbladet here