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Puerto Rico: 60 Same-Sex Couples Wed in Mass Ceremony

HeadlineAug 17, 2015

In Puerto Rico, more than 60 same-sex couples tied the knot in a mass wedding Sunday in the capital San Juan. Puerto Rico had banned same-sex marriage, but in June the governor issued an executive order requiring compliance with a U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States.

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