DUXBURY, Vt. - After 17 years together, Bill Slimback and BobSullivan couldn't wait another minute to get married. So theydidn't.
With Vermont's new law allowing same-sex marriage only a minuteold, they tied the knot in a midnight ceremony at a rustic lodge,becoming one of the first couples to legally wed under a law thattook effect at midnight Monday.
Dressed in suits, saying their vows under a large wall-mountedmoose head, the two Whitehall, N.Y., men promised their love,exchanged rings and held hands during a modest 17-minute ceremony.Moose Meadow Lodge co-owner Greg Trulson, who's also a Justice ofthe Peace, presided.
"It feels wonderful," said Slimback, …
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