The Prime Minister of tiny European nation, Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel on Friday, May 15, 2015 married his Belgian gay partner, Gauthier Destenay, a yer after the country legalised same-sex marriages, Yahoo News reports.
Speaking to a crowd of well wishers outside the capital city’s hall, Bettel said: “I wish for everybody to be as happy as I am, thank you to the Luxembourg people and to everyone, I do not make any distinctions, thank you.”
French television presenter Stephane Bern, who is a friend of Bettel had this to say: “It is rather a good thing, a little country, Luxembourg, that we look at often as a conservative country but it is reforming itself in a smart way.”
In 2014, Bettel made several reforms in Luxembourg which saw lawmakers overwhelmingly approve changes to allow people of the same sex to wed and to adopt children — part of the most fundamental revision of Luxembourg’s laws on marriage since 1804.See photos from the wedding below. (Click on any image to enlarge)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, waves as he stands next to his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage at the town hall in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (Photo Credit: AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, holds up the hand of his partner Gauthier Destenay, with a wedding band on his finger, as they leave the town hall after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo / Charles Caratini)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, puts his hand around the shoulder of his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage at the town hall in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, holds up the hand of his partner Gauthier Destenay with a wedding band on his finger, as they leave the town hall after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Caratini)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, walks out of the town hall with his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, waves as he walks out of the town hall with his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, waves as he walks out of the town hall with his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, waves as he walks out of the town hall with his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, waves as he walks out of the town hall with his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, hugs his partner Gauthier Destenay as they leave the town hall after their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Caratini)
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, walks with his partner Gauthier Destenay as they arrive at the town hall for their marriage in Luxembourg, on Friday, May 15, 2015. The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
