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PHOTOS: Marriage equality celebrations sweep the country

Advocates of marriage equality celebrated a landmark day in the gay-rights movement on Wednesday after the Supreme Court handed down a pair of decisions that pa
(L-R) Rachel Howald, Kate Lummus, Virginia Sin and Gretchen Menter celebrate after the Supreme Court ruled key portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, at the Stonewall Inn on June 26, 2013 in the West Village neighborhood of...
(L-R) Rachel Howald, Kate Lummus, Virginia Sin and Gretchen Menter celebrate after the Supreme Court ruled key portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...

Advocates of marriage equality celebrated a landmark day in the gay-rights movement on Wednesday after the Supreme Court handed down a pair of decisions that paved a path toward universal marriage rights for same-sex couples.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which had previously barred the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. And in a separate ruling released just minutes after DOMA was declared unconstitutional, the Court took the Proposition 8 case and cleared the way for legal gay marriage in California.

See how advocates and supporters of marriage equality celebrated across the country.