Twenty years ago this week, two dozen LGBTQ+ couples donned their best coats and met at a park in New Paltz to do two things: get married, and break the law.

The act of civil disobedience tested New York’s marriage laws at a time when same-sex marriage was hotly debated, but still largely illegal in the U.S.

On Sunday, friends and advocates reunited to remember those who made it all possible – and, for one couple, to get married again.

From the New York Public News Network, Jesse King reports.

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