There is an absolutely stunning wedding video of two grooms that has gone viral and created some controversy. Robert Brown and Nathanael Gay jumped the broom on September 8, 2012 in a beautiful ceremony at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort in Lexington, Kentucky.
The video montage captures the special day with exquisite photos of friends and family celebrating the day with Jennifer Hudson’s "If This Isn’t Love" in the background. The video was uploaded to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and that's when the controversy began. Nathanael is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, the historically Black fraternity. Several of the frat's distinctive symbols were prominent in the wedding video, notes Britni Danielle at Clutch Magazine.
As the video began to spread, the comments grew. Twitter exploded and “Kappa” became a trending topic after folks picked up on the fact that Nathanael appears to be a member of Kappa Alpha Psi*, a historically black fraternity.
In one part of the video, Nathanael is seen “throwing up the Yo” (the hand sign) and presumably posing with other members of the fraternity. Many of the negative commenters used this brief image to condemn not only Robert and Nathanael, but also the fraternity as well. While many of the comments about Robert and Nathanael’s union were positive, the onslaught of hate the wedding video provoked was astounding.
The situation is reminiscent of the 2009 wedding of popular Minneapolis hairstylist Michael Cole Smith and husband Jamil Smith Cole, who faced a vicious internet backlash after photos of their extravagant ceremony were uploaded online.
The "gay Kappa" wedding has apparently gained huge traction online because of the revered status of historically Black Greek organizations in the Black community. Another obvious factor is the homophobia associated with many Black frats—and part of that can be ascribed to their well-known closeted gay sub-culture. The fraternities association with the wedding is probably not the central issue—it's probably the denial of same-sex attraction in the larger Black community as well as expectations around "masculinity".
The grooms will be guests later this afternoon in a HuffPostLive segment hosted by Maclamont Hill. Watch the beautiful wedding video AFTER THE JUMP ...
The President of the United States is on their side and approves of their marriage. F.ck all the others who disapprove.
Damn straight motha' f.ckas too busy committing adultery to stay married, and they're worried about Gay folks getting married and....oh, let me stop.
They are a beautiful couple. Sorta' remind me of Deondray and Quincy.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 11 October 2012 at 16:21
That was beautiful! I got misty at the end.
Don't listen to those who say nasty things. They'er just jealous.
Posted by: Bj Lincoln | 11 October 2012 at 18:14
To quote my dear departed Mother: "Y'all so precious. Come here and give Mama some sugar!"
:)
Posted by: Honut Sinti | 11 October 2012 at 19:51
This was the most beautiful wedding video ever. gay or straight. For anyone to find anything negative is only to reveal their evil hearts. Kappa should be Proud.
Posted by: bellah | 11 October 2012 at 20:24
Can't wait for my wedding!
Posted by: thegayte-keeper | 11 October 2012 at 21:11
OMG...This was beautiful and you can definitely feel the love they share just by looking at how happy they appear in the video. Congratulations to the grooms and I wish you both the best.
Posted by: Caribeboi | 11 October 2012 at 21:34
Contrary to popular belief!! There are thousands of gay kappas, sigmas,alphas, and yes omegas!!! Please it's 2012 let the hate of happiness and love go and find your own!!!!
Posted by: Eric | 11 October 2012 at 21:44
A gay Kappa?!? Call the press!! Yawn...
Posted by: kevjack | 11 October 2012 at 22:27
The greater issue is still the resounding loom of homophobia that still exists in the African American community. Fraternities have been the cornerstone for a lot heritage and family traditions and the thought of any its members being gay is unacceptable. I think it is a shame and we as a community need to do better. Trust me, I have been to many "gay" frat parties...
Posted by: David | 12 October 2012 at 07:33
To quote my dearly present mother: I DON'T GIVE HALF A DAMN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK! I so celebrate the love, the family of their lives and the joy that they allowed us to share! I love it when you can live life on FULL BLAST! There will be amazing things happening for this couple because they have truth, love, faith AND each other!
LOVE = 10000; HATE = 0!
Posted by: TheRevKev | 12 October 2012 at 08:37
I'm an openly gay Nupe (i.e., Kappa) and I thought that was a beautiful ceremony. proud to call Nat my bruh!
Posted by: mike | 12 October 2012 at 09:09
Absolutly Beautiful..This Universe need more Love..
Posted by: DwJazzlover | 12 October 2012 at 09:41
@David
Gurl, i agree with much of what you say but what does that have to do with "the resounding loom of homophobia that still exists in the African American community"? (and who wrote that melodramaticx shit for you)...
Last I checked, most fraternities were bastions of homophobia. At least that's what I thought of a certain press conference in Tennessee where the white boy's lawyer denied that he was a homosexual because he apparently had an alcohol enema.
It's like, puh-lease...don't make me remember that I'm from the east side of Detroit!
Posted by: Chitown Kev | 12 October 2012 at 11:54
What Derrick from Philly said!
They need to worry about the damn rate of Black females who are single with children, and the shiftless negroes who made them that way.. Seriously, someone needs to send "some" Black folks the memo that we are in the 21 Century.
Sometimes I just get so angry at my people that I want to randomly walk up to one of them and slap the sh!t out of them! That wedding video made me tear up..It had the perfect balance of Romanticism without the "Gay Extra" you typically see in these ceremonies.
Posted by: Black Pegasus | 12 October 2012 at 22:58
SMH, those comments on Bossip are the reason why I don't fool with that site at all. I am beyond tired of hypocrite like those idiots there.
Posted by: kayman | 14 October 2012 at 13:54
CONGRATS GUYS...THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. To those who disagree DO NOT MARRY A GAY PERSON AND KEEP YOUR QUOTES FROM A BOOK FOR REASONS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OTHERS TO YOURSELF. It's sad that many in the BLACK community are the biggest Homophobes when we are the most oppressed race when it comes to forms of discrimination. Very ignorant.
Posted by: BLACK | 15 October 2012 at 08:04