{"id":18166,"date":"2020-12-07T10:17:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T14:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18166"},"modified":"2020-12-07T10:17:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T14:17:41","slug":"norths-first-same-sex-couple-to-marry-hail-wonderful-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18166","title":{"rendered":"North&#8217;s First Same-Sex Couple To Marry Hail Wonderful Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.56987115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.56987115.jpg 629w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.56987115-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/>Northern Ireland\u2019s first same-sex couple to transform their civil partnership into a marriage have said it is a wonderful day.<\/p>\n<p>Cara McCann and Amanda McGurk celebrated on the steps of Belfast City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Couples in more than 1,300 same-sex civil partnerships can tie the knot in the North from Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ms McCann said: \u201cWe fought long and hard for the right to marry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cWe want to thank everyone who was part of this great movement for love and equality, and which has delivered this wonderful, positive change for our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It followed a lengthy campaign and legislative change at Westminster while Stormont power-sharing was suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Stormont Finance Minister Conor Murphy said 32 couples planned to convert their civil partnerships this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-18166\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18166&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-18166\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18166&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-18166\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18166&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18166\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Ireland\u2019s first same-sex couple to transform their civil partnership into a marriage have said it is a wonderful day. 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