Rose Bowl wedding float sparks protest, (twitpic)

Aubrey Loots and Danny Leclair are all set to tie the knot on a float at the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl parade, but some people are less than thrilled. 

After 125 years of festive parade floats, the two men will make history by beginning their wedded life together on none other than a massive wedding cake-shaped float.  

In line with 2014’s “Dreams Come True” theme, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation will celebrate the Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage back in June. 

"We believe that sanctified relationships, like gay marriage, which is legal in California and 16 other states, will really go a long way to help reduce the spread of HIV and other STDs," said Ged Kenslea of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. 

Loots and Leclair, together for the past 12 years, won a lottery making them the lucky couple to declare their love in front of an 80 million person crowd. 

“We are standing up on that cake so that we hope it will expand the conversation,” said Leclair of what it means to be getting married while same-sex marriages are still illegal in over 30 states. “We’re responsible for changing people’s minds. We need to say whom we love without shame.”

But not all Americans are pleased about the idea of a gay wedding becoming part of the parade of the Rosebowl festivities. A movement to boycott the parades as a result of the planned wedding has emerged, acquiring over 2,000 likes on Facebook.    

“The traditional Tournament of Roses parade may be the victim of the most recent attack of political correctness,” reads a comment made by the group. 

Led by San Diego resident Karen Grube, the boycotters are attempting to put a damper on Loots and Leclair’s otherwise joyous wedding day. 

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