Nic Zapko, left, exchanges rings with Lisa Zapko during their wedding ceremony at Minneapolis City Hall. The couple was joined by their daughters Josephine, age 5, and Natalie, 8.
Crowds attending the 42 same-sex wedding ceremonies Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 in the Minneapolis City Hall rotunda cheer and take pictures of newly wed couples.
The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus sings at the beginning of the Minneapolis Freedom to Marry Celebration and Weddings just before midnight on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at Minneapolis City Hall.
Mike Bolin-Resch, left, and his new husband Jay Bolin-Resch kiss after Mayor R.T. Rybak announces them legally wed Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at Minneapolis City Hall.
Harvey Zuckman, left, and Philip Oxman, right, smile toward their friends and family after their wedding ceremony Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at Minneapolis City Hall.
Meri Gauthier, left, kisses Janice Culnane’s hand after the two women exchanged rings Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 during their wedding ceremony at Minneapolis City Hall.
Margaret Miles, left, and Cathy ten Broeke, right, with their 5-year-old son Louie between them, celebrate as Mayor R.T. Rybak annouces the couple legally wed in Minnesota just after midnight.
At Minneapolis City Hall early Thursday morning, the first day same-sex marriage was legal, Mayor R.T. Rybak officiated more than three dozen same-sex weddings.
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