Cynthia NixonSex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has said she’d love to marry girlfriend Christine Marinoni because gay weddings are a positive political statement.

Cynthia, who attended the premiere of the film version of Sex and the City in London last night with her foot in a cast, explained recently that she and former partner Danny Mozes had no urge to marry during their 15 year relationship: “I always avoided marriage in the past and was very wary of it. I felt like it was potentially a trap.

“People sometimes want the party, the gifts, and the public celebration of this big love - they’re excited about that rather than the life commitment. So I always stayed clear of it.

“[But marriage] is something my girlfriend is interested in and it was not something my boyfriend ever was. I think that to get married to her would be a little act of rebellion. It’s like if you’ve never had the vote and then you get it you’re going to run out there and vote.”

Cynthia and Christine got together in late 2003 and Cynthia revealed last year that her children, Samantha and Charles, from her relationship with Mozes call both women “mom”.