Following the New York state senate's passage of the Marriage Equality Bill on Friday night, Harris took to Twitter to celebrate the news and announce his engagement.
The 'How I Met Your Mother' actor tweeted, "It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!"
Harris also revealed that he was engaged to Burtka and they have been waiting for the right moment to reveal the news, "David and I did propose to each other, but over five years ago! We've been wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date."
After the bill was passed, a follower of Burtka asked him on Twitter, "So propose to your bf"
Burtka back, "I've already purposed, he said yes! Thank god!"
Burtka also "Neil and I have been wearing rings for years. We have been engaged for a while. It did not just happen."
Harris and Burtka are the proud parents of , Harper and Gideon. The babies were born in October 2010 via a surrogate.
Just before the New York Senate passed the bill to legalize gay marriage, Harris had , "I'd sure love to get married. Please, NY Senate, vote in favor of marriage equality today. My family would really appreciate it."
Looks like Harris got his wish.
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