Christine Marinoni

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has announced her engagement to longtime girlfriend Christine Marinoni. The actress shared the news at a rally for gay rights in New York City over the weekend, as New York Governor David Paterson recently proposed a bill granting legal equality to same-sex unions. “I think we would definitely [get married] if it became legal in New York,” Nixon told Access Hollywood. “I don’t really want to get married to get married pretend. I think we’d like to do it in a real, actual, legal way that the state would recognize.”

Sorry, heterosexual couples. As Prejean so eloquently and rationally has explained, this upcoming union will clearly put your marriage in danger. Hope you enjoyed it while you had the chance. Congrats to Cynthia Nixon who just announced her engagement to girlfriend Christine Marinoni, at a rally for gay marriage in New York City. The "Sex and The City" star told the crowd at the Love, Peace and Marriage Equality rally that she became engaged last month. Christine Marinoni is an education activist from New York City. Cynthia has been dating Marinoni since 2003. Cynthia has two children, Samantha, 12, and Charles, 6, from her previous relationship with Danny Mozes.

During a rally for gay rights in New York City over the weekend, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon announced she is engaged to girlfriend Christine Marinoni, according to a report by E! News. At the rally, which was held to draw support for same-sex unions in New York state, Nixon revealed she became engaged last month. The couple has been together since late 2003. Nixon and her Sex and the City compatriots -- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, and Kristin Davis -- are set to begin filming the sequel to the big-screen smash later this summer.