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Posted on July 19, 2011,

The mother of the bride is 92 – and proud. “I am so happy,” said Mary Brown, who is thrilled she’ll finally get to watch her daughter Mimi Brown marry longtime love Carol Anastasio. “It’s so unexpected.”

Brown, 57, and Anastasio, 49, were the first gay couple to show up at the city’s Marriage Bureau to apply for a license – only to learn they had to wait 30 more days.

Their eagerness earned them a free, top-shelf wedding at the Old Homestead Steakhouse on Sunday, the first day gay couples can legally marry in New York.

Full Story from the NY Daily News (Source Purple Unions.)