September 15, 2025 in Ferndale, Michigan

Douglas M. Haller (L) & Timothy H. Longnecker (R) became Married Partners September 15, 2025 at Ferndale, Detroit’s Gay-welcoming suburb, after 11 years as Domestic Partners in Midtown Detroit. Officiant Julia Music is Coordinator of Ferndale’s GLBT+ Pride celebrations. As vows they sang stanzas of the 1927 song Side By Side, concluding with an AI Gay Wedding Pledge— to be Allies pursuing happiness, equality & shared dreams.Their families hail from Detroit’s Old Redford neighborhood; Douglas’ Irish- & French-Canadian, and Timothy’s German & English—& DNA confirmed, each shares substantial ancestry from Ostrobothnia, Finland.

Douglas began his avocation as a Gay Cultural & Political Activist in 1971 by Coming Out in the Disco dance scene of Detroit

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