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Couples kiss after they participated in the first same-sex marriage ceremony in Jersey City, N.J., officiated by Mayor Steve Fulop at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at City Hall. Photo by Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal – courtesy The Star-Ledger

(RNS3-oct21) Couples kiss after they participated in the first same-sex marriage ceremony in Jersey City officiated by Mayor Steve Fulop at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at City Hall. For use with RNS-NJ-MARRIAGE, transmitted on October 21, 2013, Photo by Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal – courtesy The Star-Ledger.