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Icelandic PM becomes world’s first head of state in gay marriage

By Andy Rice
28 Jun 2010
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Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland's prime minister, married her long-time partner on Sunday after new laws legalising gay marriage were passed. Sigurdardottir and Jonina Leosdottir had already been in a civil union for some time, though this was not considered a formal marriage under the previous legislation. Read more: The Telegraph

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