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Warsaw Registers First Same-Sex Marriage After Court Verdicts
Equality Parade attendees pass near the Palace of Science and Culture during Warsaw Pride Week in Poland.
Photographer: Damian Lemański/BloombergWarsaw has registered its first same-sex marriage after a Polish court opened up a path for the country, where such unions are banned, to recognize those legally conducted in other European Union member states.
“This morning, we issued the first transcription of a marriage certificate for a same-sex couple,” Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski said Thursday, adding that the administrative action took place “without delay, immediately.”