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Tanya Struble looks at Therese Councilor during their wedding. The couple has been together for 23 years, they got married Saturday at a hot springs in Jemez Springs, N.M. They are one of the couples in a lawsuit to try to legalize gay marriage in New Mexico. Photo by Steven St John, courtesy USA Today

Sally Morrow

November 6, 2013 at 11:59 a.m. ET

(RNS1-nov6) Therese Councilor and Tanya Struble wedding. Tanya Struble looks at Therese Councilor during their wedding. The couple has been together for 23 years, they got married Saturday at a hot springs in Jemez Springs, N.M. They are one of the couples in a lawsuit to try to legalize gay marriage in New Mexico. For use with RNS-GAY-MARRIAGE, transmitted on November 6, 2013, Photo by Steven St John, courtesy USA Today.

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