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Voters approved the "Marriage for All" initiative by a nearly two-thirds majority last September, allowing same-sex couples in Switzerland to legally tie the knot.

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Following a referendum that changed the landscape for LGBTQ rights in Switzerland, the first same-sex couples tied the knot in the country. Alois Carnier and Peter Leu have become the first time two men to walk out of the civil registry in their town of Schaffhausen as husband and husband. The couple exchanged touching words, beneath a sparkling chandelier in a mirrored salon, recalling their years together and love for each other with a dozen or so close friends and family in attendance

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Arnd Wiegmann SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Alois Carnier, 57, and Peter Leu, 67, said "wholeheartedly, I do" to...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Arnd Wiegmann

Among the first to get married were Aline, 46, and Laure, 45, who have been together for 21 years and converted their civil union into marriage at the plush Palais Eynard in Geneva.