Lesbian Couple Plans 9 Marriages in 10 Days // Updated Information about Their Wedding Plans

(Originally written on 11/21/12): Kacey Frierson and Chwanda Nixon of Jonesboro, GA, have been a couple since 2010. They have seven children and had a civil union ceremony in Illinois this past April 7th. They like their civil union, but they want their relationship to be official. So they and their kids have made plans to travel through the USA to most of the states where gay and lesbians couples can get married (excluding Iowa and Washington) and to Montreal in April 2013 and have weddings in each of those states!

This is their current wedding schedule: New York City (April 7), Stamford, CT (April 8), Kittery Point, ME (April 9), Manchester, NH (April 9), Burlington, VT (April 9), Montreal, QC (April 10), Boston, MA (April 11), Baltimore, MD (April 12), and Washington, DC (April 12). I'm assuming that they won't be filing for marriage licenses in all of these communities, but instead will be seeking commitment ceremonies -- but I could be mistaken.

Frierson explained why they are doing this in a recent blog post:

Who wants to just be in a relationship or just dating forever? There are some people who don't mind it, I'm not one of those people. Even if I was dating a guy, we are not just going to be in a relationship, for 10 years, 20 years...uhhh no...yo are going to have to make me your wife. So the same thing applies to my wife...lol. No getting free milk from this cow...you gonna have to buy it!!...lol. I'm not a cow, but you get what I'm trying to say. LOL

To me it really isn't about the number of times that we get married, because we did have a civil union on April 7, 2012 that had all the bells and whistles. It was a wonderful day for us. The dresses, the cake, the family and the friends. But at the end of the whole thing we still weren't MARRIED, we were UNION-ED. And that doesn't take anything away from that wonderful day, but it does.

So once same-sex marriage became legal in New York July 24, 2011, I thought it would be a great trip with the kids to ride up to New York and do it after our union in April 2012. And me being me I always want more. So I look and see we can also get married in DC, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire. So I say Bay, we can just make it a long road trip since they are all on our route or just a few hours from New York. OOOh, and let's leave the country too!! So Montreal, QC was added to the list. LOL

SO even though our home state of Georgia will never recognize Chwanda as my wife. Me, her and our children will know the lengths we are going through to show them and the world, when you have something or someone you love, you will do whatever you need to do as your symbol of love and support and commitment for them. So I don't care who else knows it, Chwanda is now and will always be my wife, and I will be hers!

What a fun experience for these women and their children! Even though Iowa has been carved out of it, I wish Frierson and Nixon well during their upcoming wedding blitz!

Updated on 11/27/12: Last week, I posted a link to this post on Twitter. I also posted a related post on Twitter asking why Frierson and Nixon weren't getting married in Iowa.

That led to a response from Kacey Frierson on Twitter informing me that the couple apparently is planning their next two marriages in 2014 for the states of Iowa and Washington! Who knows? Maybe they will have additional states to visit by April 2014. (One can hope!) Kacey noted below in the comments of this very thread that the pair will apply for marriage licenses in each of the marriage equality states that they visit, which means they will have quite the collection of licenses by May 2013!