Gay Marriages in New York: PHOTOS

Refilwe Boikanyo | 25 July, 2011 13:54

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Michael Johnson (L), 55, and Michael Roberts, 81, of New York,smile during their wedding ceremony at the City Clerk's office in New York. PHOTO: CRAIG RUTTLE/ REUTERS
Michael Johnson (L), 55, and Michael Roberts, 81, of New York, kiss after getting married at the City Clerk's office in New York. PHOTO: CRAIG RUTTLE/ REUTERS
Phyllis Siegel, 76, (R) kisses her wife Connie Kopelov, 84, after exchanging vows at the Manhattan City Clerk's office with New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn in attendance (rear L) on the first day of New York State's Marriage Equality Act. PHOTO: MICHAEL APPLETON/ REUTERS
Phyllis Sifel and Connie Kopelov (seated) celebrate after being married at the marriage bureau in lower Manhattan. PHOTO: MICHAEL APPLETON/ REUTERS
Same-sex couple Adam McKew (L) and his partner David Lewis pose for a photo before being married at the City Clerk's Office in New York. PHOTO: SHANON APPLETON/ REUTERS
Nastassia Heurtelou and Luz Heurtelou (R) are married at the Brooklyn Clerk's Office. PHOTO: ALISON JOYCE/ REUTERS
Jonathan Mintz (2nd L), New York City's consumer affairs commissioner, has a wedding ring placed on his finger by John Feinblatt (R), a chief adviser to the mayor, as they stand with daughters Maeve (L) and Georgia during a marriage ceremony presided by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) at Gracie Mansion in New York. PHOTO: LUCAS JACKSON/ REUTERS
Same-sex couple Mishan Moore (L), 39, reacts as her partner Jacqueline Rodriguez, 34, looks on during their wedding ceremony at Queens Borough Hall in New York. PHOTO: SHANON APPLETON/ REUTERS
People celebrate outside the marriage bureau in lower Manhattan. PHOTO: ALISON JOYCE/ REUTERS
Damian Ross (L) and Gary Coshgrove kiss outside the Manhattan City Clerk's office. PHOTO: ALISON JOYCE/ REUTERS
Marcos A. Chaljub (L) and Freddy L. Sambrano exchange vows at the Manhattan City Clerk's office on the first day of New York State's Marriage Equality Act going into effect in New York. . PHOTO: MICHAEL APPLETON/ REUTERS
Margie Baker wipes frosting on her spouse Edie Jud after being married at the Brooklyn Clerk's Office. PHOTO: ALISON JOYCE/ REUTERS
Ray Durand (L) and his partner Dale Shields kiss while having their picture taken after their wedding ceremony at the City Clerk's Office for their wedding ceremony in New York. PHOTO: DAVID HANDSCHUH/ REUTERS
Myron Levine (center, L) and Philip Zinderman celebrate after being married outside the Manhattan City Clerk's office. hey have been together for 51 years. PHOTO: ALISON JOYCE/ REUTERS
Cheryle Rudd and Kitty Lambert (R) react after being married at the stroke of midnight, at the brink of Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, New York, by the city's mayor, Paul Dyster. PHOTO: BOUG BENZ/ REUTERS
Cheryle Rudd (L) and Kitty Lambert cut their wedding cake, about two hours before they are married at the stroke of midnight, at the brink of Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, New York. PHOTO: BOUG BENZ/ REUTERS

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