Same-sex marriage is declared legal across the US
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in an historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.
Gay Texas comic book store owners among first to wed
The owners of a Texas comic-book store were among the first to rush to the altar as same sex marriage was legalised in the USA.
Customers at Red Pegasus in Dallas had to wait awhile for the store to open as Kenneth Denson, 38, and Gabriel Mendez, 33, were "waiting at the courthouse to see if the Supreme Court is going to let us get married."
The couple were legally married two years ago in California but wanted to do the same in Texas, AP reported.
"We're Texans," Denson said. "We want to get married in Texas."
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