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Gay marriage: New York couples flock to Kingston for nuptials

Originally published: January 5, 2013 9:16 AM
Updated: January 5, 2013 9:51 AM
By BETTY MING LIU  betty.liu@cablevision.com

Paul Joffe, 50, of Kingston, owns Celebration Wedding

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Paul Joffe, 50, of Kingston, owns Celebration Wedding Chapel in Kingston and hopes to turn it into the premier location for gay weddings. (Jan. 3, 2013)

Guy Veronick, 53, and John Condelario, 58, are same-sex newlyweds who went for an all-out church wedding in Kingston that included marching down the aisle in his-and-his matching suits as steeple bells tolled.

The nuptials were held at Celebration Chapel, a venue whose owner is hoping to turn this little Ulster County city of 23,000 into the gay wedding capitol of, well, at least New York.

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