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John and I attended a fabulous wedding in New York City Sept. 8, 2012 for Emily & Elizabeth McLintock-Perea! What a beautiful couple in so many ways. Our congratulations to them – and wishes for decades of love!

Same-sex marriage became legal in New York State on June 24, 2011, when Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Marriage Equality Act into law. The law went into effect on July 24, 2011, making New York the sixth state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage.