Tony Halls, left, and Vernon Gibbs, right, exchange rings during a wedding ceremony in the Home Affairs offices in George, South Africa, Friday Dec. 1, 2006. Halls and Gibbs got hitched in South Africa's first gay wedding, a day after the government made same-sex marriages legal. AP Photo logo AP Photo 36 months ago

Tony Halls, left, and Vernon Gibbs, right, exchange rings during a wedding ceremony in the Home Affairs offices in George, South Africa, Friday Dec. 1, 2006. Halls and Gibbs got hitched in South Africa's first gay wedding, a day after the government made same-sex marriages legal.

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