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17/06/2013 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Gay Marriage

The first gay marriage in America took place more than 40 years ago in Minnesota.

Later this month the US Supreme Court is expected to rule on same sex marriage.  But more than forty years ago a gay couple from Minnesota managed to get a marriage licence - and even had a Christian wedding ceremony. We look back at the story and speak to the Minister who married them.

Photo: Jack Baker and Mike McConnell, photographed by R. Bertrand Heine. Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society.

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