1st gay couple married in manhattan

Phyllis Siegel (rear) and Connie Kopelov (front) celebrate after becoming the first same-sex couple to get married in New York City the day the state's gay marriage law went into effect. Yesterday was the first day same sex couples were allowed to legally marry in the state of New York.

Couples wed on first day gay marriage is legal in New York

TIME sent photographers to each of New York City's five boroughs to document the harmonious. Connie Kopelov, whose wedding to Phyllis Siegel in was the first legal same-sex marriage in New York City, died in Manhattan on Saturday. She was The first couple to marry in Manhattan were Phyllis Siegel, 77, and Connie Kopelov, 85, who have been together for 23 years. Kopelov arrived in a wheelchair and stood with the assistance of a walker.

On the landmark day that New York became the sixth and largest state to recognize same-sex marriage, hundreds more weddings are expected to take place. In Manhattan alone, about couples waited in line married the city clerk’s office to exchange vows. Problems in their marriage started in January and they went their separate ways. More on this story. No off-screen happily-ever-after! And it definitely gets better.

View all. NY state approves gay marriage. Some protesters in New York city brandished Bibles. Outside afterward, Siegel raised her arms exultantly as Kopelov, in a wheelchair, held out a marriage certificate. Raoul Felder, a New York manhattan lawyer who has handled numerous high-profile breakups including Rudy Giuliani's split from his wife of 18 years, said: 'We have 34 [gay divorce] cases right now in the office, compared to [heterosexual] divorce cases.

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At the last minute, they learned that North Hempstead town clerk Leslie Gross was going to open Town Hall at midnight to issue a marriage license to two dear friends. The two men, wearing matching navy sport jackets, kissed as a group of four friends clapped and news photographers' cameras snapped. They had gone expecting only to get a license and planned to wed Tuesday, but were told they could go ahead Sunday because of their marriage six years ago in Toronto.

Clerks in New York City and about a dozen other cities statewide opened their doors Sunday to cater to same-sex couples. The first couple to marry in Manhattan were Phyllis Siegel, 76, and Connie Kopelov, 84, who have been together for 23 years. Revealed: The full letter sent to parents about school diversity day before girl was banned for Union Jack I cut off my parents at 42 and changed my surname to save my mental health.

They were at the forefront of an historic change in New York's marriage law.