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Couples celebrate mass wedding anniversary

Couples smooch on the steps of the US

Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | Couples smooch on the steps of the US Post Office at 34th St. in Manhattan today to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the 8,000 Couples Blessing. The happy couples were joined by the Reverend Sun Myoung Moon in 1982. (July 1, 2012)

About 300 couples gathered Sunday in front of Madison Square Garden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their mass wedding by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, kissing to demonstrate the bliss they say they've found in the arranged marriages that are a controversial hallmark of their religion.

"We've been very happy together," Gregory Davis, 62, of Deer Park, said of his wife, Sumiko, 62.

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