Caption: Shelley and Melisa Keaton are the first gay couple to be legally married in Iowa, 27 April 2009.
Not only does Iowa performing same-sex marriages thrill me, and the fact that The Guardian highlighted it at the top of the page thrill me, but I love that they chose a picture of a totally average lesbian couple in street clothes kissing each other. So often the "picture" of gay marriage is two good-looking gay men in coordinated tuxes, standing next to one another beaming, who might, to a casual viewer not looking too closely, appear to be two groomsmen at a straight wedding. This picture is unmistakably about same-sex marriage. Which is really cool.
The Des Moines Register has a great gallery of images here.
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