Switzerland's first same-sex couples marry after civil marriage and the right to adopt children were legalized.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, July 1 — Alois Carnier, 57, and Peter Leu, 67, said “wholeheartedly, I do” to each other on Friday as same-sex marriages became legal in Switzerland.
“The ceremony was really very important to me because this has been 20 years in the making,” said Carnier, who entered into a registered partnership with Leu in 2014 and has been active in a decades-long campaign to recognize gay rights. “It was a very moving and much-awaited moment, which sends a strong message to society... to be free to love,” said Geneva Mayor Marie Barbey-Chappuis, who attended the ceremony.
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