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LIers laud anniversary of same-sex marriage

Rev. Dr. Valerie Turnbull (left) along with her

Photo credit: Newsday/Jessica Rotkiewicz | Rev. Dr. Valerie Turnbull (left) along with her wife, Pat Locasto-Turnball, both of West Islip, place a copy of their marriage certificate and photo on the "marriage equality wall," at Long Island GLBT Community Center in Garden City. (June 22, 2012)

John Garand and René Meyer have been a couple since shortly after they first locked eyes at an Off-Broadway theater 32 years ago.

The Hauppauge residents didn't feel a need to prove the legitimacy of their union to anyone, but when New York made same-sex marriage legal last year, they married at a Bethpage mass wedding to make a statement.

"We felt that our whole adult lives we have...

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