From www.nydailynews.com- The Love, Peace and Marriage Equality rally on Sunday did more than raise awareness and call for equal rights for gay marriage. The event also gave actress Cynthia Nixon a chance to show off her engagement ring from longtime girlfriend, Christine Mariononi.

The “Sex and the City” star has decided to tie the knot with her girlfriend of six years, education activist Mariononi, reports People.com.

Nixon, 43, has said she would only wed if it became legal in New York. “I don’t really want to get married to get married pretend. I think we’d like to do it in a real, actual, legal way that the state would recognize,” the star told People.

The actress, who is set to star in a “Sex and the City” sequel due out next spring, has two children, Samantha, 12, and Charles, 6, from her previous marriage to English professor Danny Mozes.

The rally she attended on Sunday, along with “City” co-star Kristin Davis and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, supported Gov. David Paterson’s proposed bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in New York.