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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Arnd Wiegmann

In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say "I do"

Alois Carnier and Peter Leu kiss each other after their wedding ceremony at the registry office in Schaffhausen, Switzerland July 1, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Alois Carnier, 57, and Peter Leu, 67, said "wholeheartedly, I do" to each other on Friday as same-sex marriages became legal in Switzerland.

It is the first time two men have walked out of the civil registry in their town of Schaffhausen as husband and husband.

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