Ridgewood church hosts first same-sex marriage in village
Tuesday October 22, 2013, 3:37 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
There was a certain historical significance to Monday’s ceremony at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, but Marijan Por and Christian Reinhardt were understandably caught up thinking about their future as a married, same-sex couple in New Jersey.
The two longtime Ridgewood residents are the first gay couple to marry in the village, and their celebration was the first same-sex wedding to take place in Bergen County since the state Supreme Court last Friday rejected Governor Christie’s request to postpone them while his office appealed a lower court ruling. By early Monday afternoon, the governor had lifted his appeal.
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