November 13, 2008
They said their vows holding hands, standing before a memorial to the 1839 Amistad slave revolt. Carved in its base were the words: "Make Us Free." Yesterday Peg Oliveira and Jennifer Vickery became the first couple to exercise their new freedom to wed under a court decision that makes Connecticut only the second state in the country to currently allow marriage equality. (Link)
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