“Xu Yanzhou and Zhu Xiaoming’s wedding was beautiful,” enthuses the site specializing in technologies Rest of World, which evokes an exchange of vows, a decor made of flowers and candles or guests overwhelmed by emotion. “It was no ordinary Chinese wedding though. The couple were in their living room in Guangzhou, China, where same-sex marriage is prohibited by law. The ceremony took place at midnight. The officiant was in Utah and appeared on Zoom.”
As the online media explains, the western American state does not impose a citizenship requirement for obtaining a certificate of marital capacity. And the county of Utah – one of 29 that make up the state of the same name – is the only one to allow foreign couples to formalize their union online.
“Since the county embarked on virtual wedding ceremonies during the pandemic, same-sex couples who cannot officially marry in their country are flocking there