WEB EXCLUSIVE: A commitment spanning decades is finally made official as New York begins issuing its first same-sex marriage licenses.

By:  CNN's Brittany McCandless

(CNN) NEW YORK – Hundreds of New York couples took advantage of the state’s new same-sex marriage law and tied the knot on July 24, the first day marriage certificates were issued. Behind those numbers is another – 41. It’s the number of years that one of those couples, Ralph Goneau and Richard Wilhelm, waited to make their commitment official.

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