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California Marine Corps Base Holds First Same-Sex Wedding

California Marine Corps Base Holds First Same-Sex Wedding

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Oct 05, 2022
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Two women have become the first same-sex couple to marry on a Marine Corps base, after the Camp Pendleton base chapel honored their request to hold a wedding ceremony last week, Duffel Blog has learned.

Sgt. Theresa Lovelace and her partner, Cynthia Downonu, married on June 12, just weeks before Lovelace is scheduled to deploy to…

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