"But The Greatest Of These Is Love..."

Yesterday in France, the promise of love was realized when that nation's first same-sex couple wed in the Montpellier town hall.

Vincent Autin, head of a public relations firm and Bruno Boileau, a government worker, said that they were aware of the potential public impact of the ceremony held amidst high security following sometimes violent anti-gay protests leading up to France's historic passage of marriage equality.

As they arrived, their hundreds of guests gave the couple a standing ovation before they were seated for the marriage ceremony. After the ceremony, the couple walked out to Love and Marriage, by Frank Sinatra, but not before the mayor who presided over their ceremony got choked up as they signed their marriage certificate.  As they left the town hall ceremony,  the couple walked out to L.O.V.E. by Nat King Cole, and were again greeted by the town's mayor, who described the ceremony as a “historic moment”, going on to say that the couple were a “symbol of France united”.