The ceremony came less than a month after Portugal's conservative president ratified a gay marriage law passed by Parliament in January. His approval made Portugal the sixth in Europe to let same-sex couples wed.
The center-left Socialist government said the law is part of its effort to modernize Portugal, where homosexuality was a crime until 1982.
Add Portugal to the growing list of countries that are more progressive than New York, California and, God knows, Texas.
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