Fox9: Book tells story of MN couple's first legal same-sex marriage in U.S.

By M.A. Rosko

Fox9

January 19, 2016

The Wedding Heard 'Round the World (Michael McConnell and Jack Baker) In 1971, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker exchanged vows in the first legal same-sex wedding in the United States.

The wedding took place in Minnesota. Now, their story is being told for the first time in a book called, The Wedding Heard ‘Round the World.

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