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Odoreida

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Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:21 PM Feb 2020

First same-sex marriage takes place in Northern Ireland (The Guardian)

First same-sex marriage takes place in Northern Ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/11/first-same-sex-marriage-northern-ireland-belfast-robyn-peoples-sharni-edwards

A Belfast couple have tied the knot in the first same-sex marriage to take place in Northern Ireland.

Robyn Peoples, 26, and Sharni Edwards, 27, made history at a ceremony in a hotel in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, on Tuesday afternoon. Their marriage came after a law change in the region.

The day marks their sixth anniversary as a couple and they had booked a civil partnership ceremony at the Loughshore hotel months before the legislation was passed last summer.

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First same-sex marriage takes place in Northern Ireland (The Guardian) (Original Post) Odoreida Feb 2020 OP
Love this!!! Celerity Feb 2020 #1
Yay! Congratulations to them! n/t BeeBee Feb 2020 #2
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