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Jan 23, 2007
Quickie Link: Death Threats Against First Gay Couple To Marry In S. Africa
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By vanrozenheim
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(Cape Town, South Africa) - The first same-sex couple to legally marry in South Africa have become the targets of death threats and hate mail. Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls exchanged vows before a marriage officer in George, in the Southern Cape, shortly after the marriage law went into effect last month. But since then they have received what the couple describes as "countless" threatening phone calls and mail. "One caller told us 'you might have been the first to get married, but you'll be the first to die," said Vernon Gibbs-Halls.
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