Minneapolis Mayor Rybak starts to marry Margaret Miles and Cathy ten Broeke just before midnight and then has to stop and wait four minutes for Minnesota's new law legalizing same-sex marriage to take effect before he can complete the ceremony. Hundreds jammed Minneapolis city hall to watch and hundreds more watched the ceremony live on The UpTake. In an all-night celebration that ended at 6:45a.m., Mayor Rybak married 46 same-sex couples in a night-long celebration in the Rotunda of Minneapolis City Hall.
“We made history, but most importantly, what we did last night will soon become the norm,” Mayor Rybak said.
A press release from the city says the 46 total couples that Mayor Rybak married in the City Hall Rotunda have been together a total of 734 years. Seven of the couples that Mayor Rybak married have been together more than 30 years.
Minnesota is the 13th state to legalize same-sex marriage and the first midwestern state to do it through legislative action instead of court action. Distributed by OneLoad.com
