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A dozen of gay couples married Tuesday in Washington on the first day that same-sex marriages were celebrated in the US capital. Rick Imirowicz and Terrance Heath exchanged vows in a Unitarian church, in the presence of their two sons.
Same-sex marriages takes place in high security
Three gay couples married Tuesday amid heavy security in a group ceremony in Washington on the first day that same-sex marriages were celebrated in the US capital. With police cars lining the streets outside the Human Rights Campaign building and a helicopter hovering overhead, Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend became the first same-sex couple to be wed in Washington, just days after the US capital began issuing marriage licences to gay couples. Young, in a chiffon and lace peach-colored dress, exchanged vows with Townsend, wearing a white suit, and were pronounced "partners for life" by the Reverend David North. The historic, first same-sex wedding was followed minutes later by another, when Reggie Stanley and Rocky Galloway, both 50, were married as their two 15-month-old daughters Malena and Zoe looked on.
SC refuses to file petition to hold gay-marriges
The path was opened for same-sex couples to wed in the US capital last week when the US Supreme Court refused a petition to hold a referendum on gay marriage, which would have delayed the day the law on same-sex unions took effect in Washington. Hours after the Supreme Court decision, couples flocked to a courthouse in Washington to apply for marriage licences and then had to wait at least three business days -- until Tuesday -- before they could get married.

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