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UK's First Gay Weddings Held Today (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - The first gay weddings ever to be held in the UK are to take place today.Northern Ireland will be leading the way with the first civil partnership ceremony.

Belfast hosts first 'gay weddings' (BBC News) - The first set of civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples in the UK is to take place in Northern Ireland.

Harrow host to 'gay weddings' (Harrow Times) - THREE homosexual couples in Harrow will be among the first in the country to sign civil partnerships this week after legislation allowing "gay marriages" came into force.

OUR BIG (GAY) DAY (Daily Mirror) - THE first "gay weddings" in Britain went ahead after a change in the law yesterday led by a lesbian couple.

N. Ireland conducts first gay weddings (UPI) - BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Britain's first same-sex civil unions of three couples took place at Belfast's City Hall Monday as protesters thronged outside.

FIRST GAY AND LESBIAN WEDDINGS IN BRITAIN (Daily Mirror) - GAY and lesbian marriages became a reality in Britain for the first time today as three couples enjoyed "civil partnership" ceremonies in Belfast . Such unions will become legal in Scotland from Tuesday and in England on Wednesday.

With Latino flavor, Mueller hall evolves into Carnaval International (Omaha World-Herald) - Mueller Recreational Hall - where hundreds of Omahans have celebrated their weddings, dozens have played bingo and countless reforming souls have attended Nebraska's largest weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting - is changing hands.

Gay couples defy protesters to wed (Irish Examiner) - The first couples in Britain and Ireland to take part in “gay weddings” defied protestors to make history in Belfast today. Shannon Sickels and Gráinne Close pledged their love for one another during a private ceremony at Belfast City Hall under the new civil partnership legislation.

Gay couples 'tie the knot' (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - The first couples in Britain to take part in "gay weddings" defied protestors to make history in Belfast.

Gay couples 'tie the knot' (Evening Standard) - The first couples in Britain to take part in "gay weddings" defied protestors to make history in Belfast. Shannon Sickels and Grainne Close pledged their love for one another during a private ceremony at Belfast City Hall under the new civil partnership legislation.