#WhenIMarryMyself

#WhenIMarryMyself

Updated Oct 14, 2014 at 06:22PM EDT by Don.

Added Oct 14, 2014 at 04:21PM EDT by Molly Horan.

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#WhenIMarryMyself is a Twitter hashtag which spread in response to a tweet sent out by National Organization for Marriage, a group against legalizing gay marriage in the United States, which suggested legalizing gay marriage could lead to marrying yourself to become legal. The hashtag quickly became a way to make jokes about what the Twitter user would do if they married themselves.

Origin

On October 13th, 2014, the Twitter account for the National Organization for Marriage[1] sent out a tweet which asked "When #marriage is redefined, what prevents a person from "marrying" his/herself?" and included a link to an article which referenced Grace Gelder,[2] a woman who held a non-legally binding wedding ceremony for herself.


O NOM NOM NOMupdate Follow When #marriage is redefined, what prevents a person from "marrying" his/herself? myop.us/1sluZQA Reply Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 56 18 4:00 PM-13 Oct 2014 Related headlines

The Organization for Marriage concluded:

"When marriage is devalued and its nature loosely defined, what prevents marriage norms--such as sexual complementarity, monogamy, exclusivity, permanence, or even the idea that marriage requires two people--from being broken down as well?"


The same day Twitter user Clarknt67[4] introduced the hashtag #WhenIMarryMyself, tweeting it at the National Organization of Marriage.


Scott Wooledge * 塩Follow Clarknt67 #whenlMarryMyself No fights over the remote. @NOMupdate Reply t. Retweet * Favorite More MARRY MYSELF?! YOU ARE BLOWING MY MIND, NOMSITONE HISTORY.COM imglip.com RETWEETS FAVORITES 【MAOE 圖鑑圈鬩 3 4:52 PM-13 Oct 2014

Spread

Within 24 hours the hashtag was tweeted[5] out over 2,000 times. In the coming days, the hashtag was covered by several websites including NowNextNews,[6] The New Civil Rights Movement,[9] Patheos[10] and Mic.[7] According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[8] the hashtag received more than 2,800 mentions in the first 48 hours.


weets per day: llWhenlMarryMyseli September 14th -October 14th 2.5K 2K 1.5K 1K 500 9/14 9/20 9/23 9/26 9/29 10/2 10/5 10/8 #WhenlMamyMyself 2,857 ANALYTICS BY

Notable Examples


* Stu Harrison soda rock Follow #whenimarrymyself I'm going to interrupt myself anytime I Shut up I'm still talking! Reply t. Retweet * Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 7 20 6:35 PM-13 Oct 2014 lisa talmadge @LisaTalmadge Follow be so jelly.. Vermont, Us Reply Retweet * Favorite .. James Gilliard RETWEETS FAVORITES 3 8 12:10 AM-14 Oct 2014 Dan Savage @fakedansavage * Follow I hope Myself isn't crushed to learn that Myself won't be a virgin on Myself's wedding night. #WhenlMarryMyself Gardiner, ME Reply t Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 62 166 5:31 PM-13 Oct 2014 Annie Lorkowski @ablorkowski Follow #whenimarrymyself I'm going to hyphenate my name. Lorkowski-Lorkowski. Reply t Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETSFAVORITES 37 6:28 PM-13 Oct 2014 * Follow elviouslyqueer @natenpaul #WhenlMarryMyself it won't just be Party A & @NOMupdate Reply t Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 4 5 5:02 PM -13 Oct 2014 Robert Worrell * Follow DCTiger78 #whenimarrymyself I can give my inner child a two peani arriy Reply t. Retweet * Favorite RETWEETS FAVORITES 10 More 15 剐壼鳳 型個齬 7:09 PM-13 Oct 2014

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