© The Associated Press / Alex BrandonAdam Hill, left, kisses his bride Alicia "Ally" Nauss before they get married at the Occupy Philadelphia encampment in front of City Hall Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 in Philadelphia. Nauss and Hill met while working the information tent at Occupy Philadelphia. The encampment at City Hall is one of many being held across the country similar to the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York.
Nauss and Hill met at the protest when they were both working at an information tent near Philadelphia's City Hall. And that's where they decided to get married. According to a buzzy article from the Associated Press, Nauss said that the decision to marry there made perfect sense. "We met here, we fell in love here, and this is our lives right now."
A piece from the Philadelphia Inquirer quotes Nauss, who said, "Sometimes you meet someone and you just know. . . . When that happens so organically, so naturally, that's a sign." Their friends, families, and fellow activists attended the service. And the movement's food committee even furnished the wedding cake.
While many newlyweds elect to hit the beach for their honeymoon, Nauss and Hill have other plans. They plan to travel up and down the East Coast, visiting different Occupy sites, and continuing to raise awareness concerning the plight of the 99 percent.
Even though the Occupy movement is now several months old, its momentum shows no sign of slowing. Over the past week, Yahoo! searches on "occupy wall street" and the more general "occupy" have remained strong. Interest in "occupy" is currently among Yahoo's top 5,000 overall search terms.
