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"The First Same-Sex Marriage Certificates Handed out in Multnomah County"



Multnomha county commissioner Diane Linn decided that the Oregon State Constitution guaranteed the right to marry to same-sex couples. I was there as the first marriage certificates were sold. Scores of couples lined up and waited in the rain for hours for the opportunity to purchase one. It seemed that every reporter in town was there.

March 15, 2004

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