The first same-sex couple just got married in Northern Ireland… on their 6th anniversary

Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples (Photo: “Good Morning Britain” screenshot/Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples)

Same-sex marriages just started being performed in Northern Ireland after the U.K. government had to intervene last year and legalize marriage equality in the country.

Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples from a suburb of Belfast were the first couple to tie the knot today, their sixth anniversary.

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“We didn’t expect to be the first couple, it’s coincidental,” Edwards told RTE. “Today is our six-year anniversary so we wanted to go ahead with a civil partnership but when the bill was passed, it was perfect timing.”

“We feel humbled that our wedding is a landmark moment for equal rights in Northern Ireland. We didn’t set out to make history, we just fell in love,” she added, calling the day “surreal.”

“We fought so long and hard for this opportunity to be seen as equal and now we are here and it’s just amazing,” Peoples said.

The couple appeared on Good Morning Britain before their wedding to discuss their historic marriage:

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