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Mad Men star engaged to his boyfriend
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Mad Men actor Kit Williamson is engaged to boyfriend of more than eight years John Halbach.
Williamson, 27, who plays Ed Gifford in the AMC series, drew parallels between interracial marriage during the show's era and the current state of gay marriage in his native Mississippi.
'It amazes me to think that my Mad Men character, Ed Gifford, would not have been able to legally marry a non-Caucasian woman in Mississippi before 1967. It wasn’t until Loving v. Virginia that the Supreme Court ruled state bans on interracial marriage violated the constitution,' he said in a statement.
'We all have a right to love, a right to happiness, and a right to find a partner in life.'
Willliamson said they initially resisted marriage because they were already committed to one another.
'But all the progress that's happened over the last few years, and the likelihood of a favorable Supreme Court ruling in June, has made us really think about what marriage means to us and our relationship,' he said.
'To deny our right to get married is to deny our relationship's validity.'
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