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First same-sex couple marries in Chile under new law

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“It’s something we didn’t think could happen,” Javier Silva observed as the nation's marriage equality law went into effect Thursday.

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  1. NBC News

    Chile's first gay couple weds as same-sex marriage law takes effect (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    "Now our children have the same rights (as other families) and they will be able to have, we hope, a better future," one of the grooms said.

  2. CBS News

    First same-sex couples get married in Chile under new law: "We never imagined we would experience this moment" (opens CBS News)

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    Under a law approved by Congress in December and signed by outgoing President Sebastian Pinera, they can also now adopt children.

  3. France 24

    Sealed with a kiss: Chile celebrates first same-sex weddings (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Two same-sex couples became the first Thursday to legally tie the knot in Chile, which joined a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America to allow LGBTQ couples to marry.

  4. Courthouse News Service

    First same-sex couple marries in Chile under new law (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Two men became the first same-sex couple to marry in Chile on Thursday under a law that took effect after years of campaigning by activists.

  5. Los Angeles Times

    First same-sex couple weds in Chile under new marriage-equality law (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Two men have become the first same-sex couple to marry in Chile under a law that took effect after years of campaigning by activists

  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    The world in brief: Gay couple weds under new Chile law (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Gay couple weds under new Chile law

  7. Advocate

    First Same-Sex Couples Wed in Chile (opens Advocate)

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    Advocate's feed description

    “It’s something we didn’t think could happen,” Javier Silva observed as the nation's marriage equality law went into effect Thursday.

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