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New Zealand gay couples hold first weddings
Source: BBC
18 August 2013 Last updated at 22:53 GMT
New Zealand gay couples hold first weddings
New Zealand's first gay weddings are taking place after the country became the first in the Asia-Pacific region and 14th in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.
Thirty-one same-sex couples planned to marry on Monday, according to the Department of Internal Affairs.
It comes after New Zealand's parliament passed a bill in April amending the country's 1955 marriage act.
The move had faced opposition from Christian lobby groups.
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New Zealand gay couples hold first weddings
New Zealand's first gay weddings are taking place after the country became the first in the Asia-Pacific region and 14th in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.
Thirty-one same-sex couples planned to marry on Monday, according to the Department of Internal Affairs.
It comes after New Zealand's parliament passed a bill in April amending the country's 1955 marriage act.
The move had faced opposition from Christian lobby groups.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23747242
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Nice to see the happy faces. I just read the article over there too. 
