One by one nine couples — seven same-sex and two heterosexual — walked down the marble staircase at City Hall early today to be married by Newark Mayor Cory Booker early today.
"It is officially past midnight, marriage is equal in New Jersey," Booker told the crowd to kick off the ceremony.
As Booker was marrying the first couple, Joseph Panessidi and Orville Bell, someone attempted to disrupt the ceremony.
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