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Germany gay marriage: Couple are first to marry under new law


Karl Kreile (L) kisses Bodo Mende during the first civil wedding ceremony between two men in Berlin, Germany (01 October 2017)

Germany gay marriage: Couple are first to marry under new law

Two men have become the first gay couple to marry in Germany, on the day gay marriage became legal there.
Karl Kreile and Bodo Mende, a couple for 38 years, exchanged their vows at the town hall in Schöneberg, Berlin.
Registry offices in several German cities were opening, unusually, on Sunday to allow couples to wed on the first day it was legally possible.
Getting married will give gay couples the same tax advantages and adoption rights as heterosexual couples.
Germany has allowed same-sex partners to enter into registered partnerships since 2001, but these did not give couples exactly the same status in German law as marriage.
The German parliament voted to introduce marriage equality in June, after Chancellor Angela Merkel unexpectedly dropped her longstanding opposition to parliament holding a vote on the issue.

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