There are wedding celebrations underway in Portugal today. The country's new law allowing same-sex marriages started today. As did the first same-sex weddings:
A lesbian couple wed Monday in Portugal's first same-sex ceremony since the predominantly Catholic country introduced a law allowing gay marriage last month.
Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, divorced Portuguese mothers in their 30s who have been together since 2003, married in a 15-minute ceremony at a Lisbon registry office.
"This is a great victory, a dream come true," Pires said as the couple kissed and hugged.
"Now we're a family, that's the important thing," Pires said, adding they would continue to fight for equal rights for homosexuals, including adoption.
