More reporters
than guests attended the first wedding of two women in
Spain on Friday under the country's new law allowing
same-sex marriages, news reports said.
Judge Jorge Vergara presided over the wedding
between a woman from Spain and another from Argentina
at a registry office in the town of Mollet del Valles
near Barcelona. The national news agency Efe said the almost
50 reporters and photographers far outnumbered the 15
guests at the ceremony.
The women, who were identified by their first
names only, were greeted with applause as they entered
the office. They had asked photographers not to take
pictures of their faces in the interest of privacy.
Spain, a predominantly Catholic country, last
month became one of four countries in the world to
allow same-sex marriages. The measure, which paves the
way for gay couples to adopt, has been fiercely criticized
by the Roman Catholic Church and the leading
conservative opposition Popular Party. The first
same-sex marriage took place between two men July 11 in
Tres Cantos, outside Madrid. (AP)
