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Peter Wittebrood-Lemke, from left, Frank Wittebrood, Ton Jansen, Louis Rogmans, Helene Faasen and Anne-Marie Thus cut the wedding cake after exchanging vows at Amsterdam s City Hall early Sunday, April 1, 2001. The pairs were among four couples to get married under a new law which took effect April 1, 2001, the world s first such law allowing same-sex marriages with equal rights.
Image Credit: (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) April 01, 2021 - 9:00 PM AMSTERDAM - Twenty years ago, just after the stroke of midnight on April 1, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became the first country in the world with legalized same-sex marriages.
Dutch couples mark 20th anniversary of world s first same-sex marriages
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It s Been 20 Years Since The World s First Same-Sex Marriages
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