Community Corner

The Area's First Same-Sex Wedding Vows


They did it and they were the first to do so. Same-sex Red Bank couples, Councilman Ed Zipprich and JP Nicolaides and neighbors Laura and Marlee, got married at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 21, the minute that gay marriages became legal in New Jersey.

You heard all about the weddings and the love and lives of Nicolaides and Zipprich in our earlier story. Now, take a look at some video clips of the first two gay marriages in Red Bank, and, perhaps, the state.

Mayor Pat Menna had a special message to impart as well.


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