Amsterdam mayor marries U.S. gay couples on canal

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The mayor of Amsterdam married five American-Dutch gay couples on Saturday in an implicit criticism of the lack of same-sex marriage in many U.S. states. Tens of thousands of spectators cheered as Mayor Job Cohen performed the ceremony on a cruise around the city's canals to celebrate the high point of the city's gay pride festival. Eight years ago Cohen presided over the first legal Dutch gay marriage . BRYAN — As a fire at a plant that processes the toxic c

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