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    First same-sex couple to marry in Germany celebrate after long wait

    Karl Kreile and Bodo Mende, the first to take advantage of the country’s new law, walked down the aisle in Berlin
    by Kate Connolly in Berlin Oct 01, 2017 3 minutes
    BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 01: Karl Kreile (right) and Bodo Mende cheer after their wedding at Schoeneberg district townhall on October 1, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. It was the very first wedding after new law 'Ehe fuer alle' (wedding for everyone) in Germany. Kreile and Mende met each other in 1979 and lived in a same-sex union since 2002. (Photo by Steffi Loos/Getty Images)

    As they entered the golden room of Schöneberg town hall to the strains of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March, Bodo Mende and Karl Kreile were only doing what tens of thousands of other couples had done before – tying the knot in front of friends and family in the southern Berlin district.

    But they were also making history as the first same-sex couple able to marry in Germany, after a new law came into force which finally puts gay and lesbian couples on an equal legal footing with heterosexuals.

    “After 38 years together, this is

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