Alan Cumming was delighted to be allowed to marry his longterm partner - because it meant he could throw a big party for his family and friends.
The X2 star wed Grant Shaffer in a lavish star-studded civil partnership ceremony in 2007, three years after same-sex marriage was introduced in the U.K.
And Cumming was thrilled to finally wed Shaffer after two years of dating, as his loved ones had waited so long to celebrate their union.
He says, "It meant a lot here (in the U.K.) and in a symbolic way, being able to claim rights that everyone should have and here you do and in America you don't.
"Gay people didn't have that thing until recently where you can have all your family and friends to celebrate your relationship and that was a really lovely thing to do.
"I hadn't realised that was something gay people aren't allowed to do."
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