Kitty Lambert, 54, and Cheryle Rudd, 53, from Buffalo, New York became the state’s first legally-wed same-sex couples on Saturday, with traditional honeymoon at Niagara Falls as the backdrop for the historic event.
Both the ladies are grandmothers with five grown children from previous marriages. They were joined by several hundred friends, family members, supporters and even a group of tourists for the first same-sex marriage since New York became the sixth, and largest US state to legalize gay marriage, said a Reuters report.
Lambert, an art gallery manager, wore a blue satin dress she sewed herself, while Rudd, who works in a food processing plant, opted for a white tuxedo with tails. The grandmothers have been a couple for over a decade.
Earlier, the women said their marriage represented a major step for gay rights in the United States, with Lambert calling it an amazing moment.
We're achieving that real American Dream to be treated like everybody else and be protected under all those laws” was the feeling of the in–love granny during the course of their solemnization into a legally wed same–sex couple, reports said.
Here are some exclusive pictures of this special wedding:
Cheryle Rudd (L) and Kitty Lambert kiss after being married at the stroke of midnight, at the brink of Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, New York, by the city's mayor, Paul Dyster, July 24, 2011.Thousands of gay and lesbian New Yorkers are getting ready to say ``I do'' this weekend, as the Empire State becomes the sixth in the U.S. to embrace same-sex marriage.REUTERSCheryle Rudd and Kitty Lambert (R) react after being married at the stroke of midnight, at the brink of Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, New York, by the city's mayor, Paul Dyster, July 24, 2011.Thousands of gay and lesbian New Yorkers are getting ready to say ``I do'' this weekend, as the Empire State becomes the sixth in the U.S. to embrace same-sex marriage.REUTERSCheryle Rudd (L) and Kitty Lambert sit in Lambert's art gallery in Buffalo, New York July 21, 2011. Lambert and Rudd are set to be married as soon as the clock strikes 12:01 on Sunday morning at the base of Niagara Falls, used by generations of Americans as a honeymoon destination. Gay and lesbian couples across New York are gearing up to become bride and bride or groom and groom starting at a minute after midnight on Sunday, when a law making New York the sixth U.S. state to allow such marriages comes into effect. Picture taken July 21.REUTERSCheryle Rudd and Kitty Lambert (R) react after being married at the stroke of midnight, at the brink of Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, New York, by the city's mayor, Paul Dyster, July 24, 2011.Thousands of gay and lesbian New Yorkers are getting ready to say ``I do'' this weekend, as the Empire State becomes the sixth in the U.S. to embrace same-sex marriage.REUTERSCheryle Rudd (L) and Kitty Lambert cut their wedding cake, about two hours before they are married at the stroke of midnight, at the brink of Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, New York July 24, 2011.Thousands of gay and lesbian New Yorkers are getting ready to say "I do'' this weekend, as the Empire State becomes the sixth in the U.S. to embrace same-sex marriage.REUTERS
