A couple exchange vows during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
A couple prepare to exchange vows during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
Guests create a human arch for a couple as they enter an inflatable chapel during a mass wedding ceremony in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
Jan Derksen-Wynn, right, and and John Wijfjes kiss after exchanging vows during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
A groom holds a bouquet of flowers as he waits to take part in a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
Newlyweds Jan Derksen-Wynn, left, and John Wijfjes pose for photos after tying the knot during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
A couple exchange vows during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
Julia van den Beek officiates during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
Newlyweds walk out of an inflatable chapel after tying the knot during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
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5:32 PM on Thursday, August 6
By MOUNEB TAIM
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dozens of people lined up in a pink church at Amsterdam’s Pride festival on Thursday to get married, or at least married for the day.
The Married For A Day event was part of the annual event’s celebration of marriage, held a short walk away from where the world’s first legalized same-sex unions took place 25 years ago.
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