This WW II at 95 Marries His Toy Boy At 67 a Viet Nam Vet

An elderly military couple married at their veterans home yesterday in the center's first gay ceremony.

95-year-old World War II veteran John Banvard, married his partner, 67-year-old Gerard Nadeau, who served in Vietnam.

The two have been together for 20 years, but had to wait until the recent Supreme Court decision to legally tie the knot. 

First kiss: John Banvard, left, and his partner Gerard Nadeau, right, got married yesterday at their veterans home in Chula Vista, California

Peaceful day: Despite some residents expressing their disapproval with the union, there were no protests on the day of the wedding

As for the residents who have complained to him about it: 'I told them, they have the right to get married here just like everybody else.'

But some residents still didn't like the idea. Someone even contacted the Westboro Baptist Church, a notoriously anti-gay  group in Florida, in hopes that they would get the ceremony moved off the property.

On the day of the wedding though, there were no protestors and those who objected to the ceremony simply didn't attend. 

'Oh that's they problem not mine,' Nadeau said about those opposed to the wedding. 'But you know what this will do? Open the door for other people.'

One resident said that while he disagreed with two men getting married he respected their legal right to do so.

'I just know that it's against my faith and my religion, but as Americans they have a right to do what they want to do.'
 

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