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Sydney Just Hosted A Giant Gay Wedding Reception For Marriage Equality

"Love is love!"

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: Mel Ramirez and Stacey Sorenson, a couple of four years, embrace as they jointly cut the cake as part of a Sydney Festival event to celebrate the first day same-sex marriage is legal in Australia on January 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)
By Sam Manzella
January 9, 2018 / 12:58 PM

Sydney welcomed the arrival of equal marriage Down Under on January 9 with a public "Love Is Love" celebration at the city's annual festival.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: A general view is seen as part of a Sydney Festival event to celebrate the first day same-sex marriage is legal in Australia on January 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

The date marked the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in Australia following Parliament's passage of marriage equality in December.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: Mel Ramirez and Stacey Sorenson, a couple of four years, embrace as they jointly cut the cake as part of a Sydney Festival event to celebrate the first day same-sex marriage is legal in Australia on January 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

In addition to a full schedule of Sydney Festival performers, guests were treated to a five-tier rainbow wedding cake and "Equality Time" gelato.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: The wedding cake is seen as part of a Sydney Festival event to celebrate the first day same-sex marriage is legal in Australia on January 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

Though no actual weddings were performed at the Love Is Love reception, city leaders have promised to waive rental fees at all public venues for the first 100 days of equal marriage.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: People pose as part of a Sydney Festival event to celebrate the first day same-sex marriage is legal in Australia on January 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: Chuck Anderson and Eric Emerick, a married couple from the United States, pose as part of a Sydney Festival event to celebrate the first day same-sex marriage is legal in Australia on January 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: Gloria Buscek of Germany poses above the wedding cake as part of a Sydney Festival event to celebrate the first day same-sex marriage is legal in Australia on January 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)
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