On First Day, 44 Same-Sex Maine Couples Get Marriage Licenses
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Michael Snell and Steven Bridges emerged from City Hall early Saturday and stepped into history, as the first of at least a dozen gay couples across Maine who exchanged wedding vows on the first day for same-sex partners to marry.
Forty-four couples obtained marriage licenses in the 10 or so communities from Portland to Bangor that opened their clerk's offices as early as midnight for the special occasion. Fourteen were married almost immediately in city or town halls, while a few others were planning private ceremonies Saturday.
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