Nick Kluding and Ricardo Mendoza are getting married on June 2. For the past few weeks they’ve been meeting with caterers, hunting for a cake topper, and shopping for suits for themselves and their 21-month-old twin sons. The one thing they haven’t had to worry about is the venue. They’ll be getting hitched in the Kovler Atrium of the Museum of Contemporary Art and having the reception out on the terrace overlooking the sculpture garden, including the famous Sol LeWitt installation, and Lake Michigan. It’s a gift from the museum, which decided to celebrate Illinois’s Marriage Fairness and Religious Freedom Act in the most practical way possible: by throwing weddings for 15 couples.
“It’s important to us to have legal recognition and to have the same rights every other married couple has,” Kluding says. “Our relationship is just as special as anyone else’s.” With their application, they also sent in a family photo with their sons.
6/2, 9 AM-5 PM Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E. Chicago 312-280-2660mcachicago.org free
