Des Moines, Iowa (AP) - A lesbian couple has apparently become the first same-sex couple to legally wed in Iowa since a court ruling took effect legalizing gay marriage.
Melisa Keeton and Shelley Wolfe were married in a ceremony on the Polk County administrative building in Des Moines just before 9 A.M.
The marriage came less than an hour after the state supreme court ruling took effect.
The couple was allowed to bypass the state's three-day waiting period before licenses are considered valid.
Officials have reported same-sex couples applying for marriage licenses in several counties.
Iowa became the third state to allow gay marriage when the state supreme court ruled April 3 that a ban on same-sex marriage violated the Iowa constitution.
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