LA's Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa performs his first gay marriage ceremony at City Hall...

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My Daily News colleague Kerry Cavanaugh didn't even tell me she was going to a wedding when I saw her in the newsroom a few days ago! Maybe she thought I'd wanna slap my name on the gift.

But Kerry, of course, would not have brought a gift anyway because she is our City Hall reporter and was covering the wedding of the first gay couple married by LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He presided over the union of Oscar winning producer Bruce Cohen ("American Beauty") and Gabriel Catone, an art consultant.

The wedding was held in the mayor's press room with no flowers or music and closed
to the public but that didn't stop some dame named Rosalyn Schultz of the Church of Christ from crashing the event. After the vows were exchanged and champagne was being sipped, she took to the microphone and called Villaraigosa "an adulterer" and felt that would be the perfect time to tell everyone there that she is against gay marriage.

Gee, no kiddin' Ros. Thanks for sharing.

City staffers cut the microphone before she could say any more and she quietly left the room. They newlyweds told Kerry they were able to laugh off the interruption.

"It added spice to the festivities," joked Cohen, "It doesn't spoil our day. It doesn't take away our joy. And it certainly doesn't change the fact that we are legally married in the state of California, by the mayor of Los Angeles."

They have an out-of-state reception planned and a honeymoon in India.

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