Obama’s Tee Time Forced Military Couple To Move Wedding Off Golf Course

Surrounded by Secret Service Agents, President Barack Obama tosses a golf ball between his hands after finishing the 18th hole of a game of golf with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at... Surrounded by Secret Service Agents, President Barack Obama tosses a golf ball between his hands after finishing the 18th hole of a game of golf with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii's Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Kaneohe, Hawaii during the Obama family vacation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) MORE LESS
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A military couple reportedly was forced to relocate their wedding Sunday to accommodate President Barack Obama’s golf game.

Bloomberg reported that Natalie Heimel and Edward Mallue Jr., who are both Army captains, learned after their wedding rehearsal Saturday at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course on the Marine Corps Base Hawaii that they would need to move the ceremony scheduled for the next day so that the President could play.

Heimel and Mallue had previously invited Obama to the ceremony since they knew he traditionally spends Christmas in Hawaii, according to Bloomberg. They had received a letter from the President earlier Saturday that wished them well but declined their invitation.

Obama later phoned Heimel and apologized for the scheduling conflict, her sister Jamie McCarthy told Bloomberg.

It’s unclear if the White House would have been aware of the planned wedding. But the woman who handled logistics for Heimel’s wedding, Naile Brennan, told the news outlet that anyone planning an event at the golf course when Obama is expected to be in town is warned in advance that his travel may move things around.

Obama’s love of golf has been a source of minor drama in the second half of this year. He was criticized for teeing off on Martha’s Vineyard after addressing the brutal killing of journalist James Foley last summer, and one week later was reportedly turned away from elite New York golf clubs who didn’t want to inconvenience their other clients.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) later ribbed the President on Twitter over this latest report:

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  1. Alt headline: Obama Changes Heterosexual Marriage

  2. Avatar for marby marby says:

    Obviously, a President has staff members who deal with the logistics of his daily schedule. He didn’t personally decide to relocate this wedding. And, when he found out what happened, he apologized to the couple. This headline is just going to provide fodder for those with ODS.

  3. Rand Paul is a petty little mouse.

  4. Avatar for marby marby says:

    I love this 100 times!! (I was writing to suggest a less biased headline, but might as well go to the more likely, right-wing interpretation.)

  5. What else do you expect from a Black Socialist Communist Muslim Nazi from Kenya who is DESTROYING America?
    It’s a very slippery slope from wedding venue changes to genocide! Be afraid, very afraid!
    Also, too, Ben Ghazi!

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