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Gay choir teacher breaks down when his class gives a surprise performance at his wedding

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Christopher Landis , a choir director at Hingham Middle School in Massachusetts , didn't tell his students he was engaged to Joe Michienzie three years ago .

A 2018 study by the Human Rights Campaign found that 46 percent of LGBTQ people do not reveal their sexual orientation at work.

Two mothers of Landis’ students, Margit Foley and Joy Foraste , decided to get their students involved in their teacher's wedding.

They secretly rehearsed for four Sundays in a row at a local library so Landis wouldn't catch a whiff of the plan they hatched.

Out of nowhere, 50 kids filed into the room, songbooks in hand, singing the word, “ Love ”.

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57

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informal

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English

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36

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