AP Photo/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Dan Reiland
Kelsey Greene and Bruce Brown of Eau Claire, Wis., were married in front of friends and family at the Eau Claire County Courthouse by Court Commissioner Nathan Novak on Dec. 12, 2012. Couples are flocking to tie the knot on 12.12.12, sparking a wedding boom on the century's last sequential dates seen as auspicious by some to guarantee a happy marriage.
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Francisco Mena, and his new wife, Carolina Mena, of the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, pose for photos in the Office of the City Clerk, in New York, after their wedding, Dec. 12, 2012. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned the Manhattan Marriage Bureau into a gleaming 24,000-square-foot wedding palace in 2009, saying he was setting out to give Vegas a run for its money.
Richard Drew
Carmen Bell-Delgado, center, and Tonia Bell-Delgado, of Winter Haven, Fla., right, pose for a photo before their wedding in the Office of the City Clerk, in New York, Dec. 12, 2012. The Bell-Delgados were married in New York because same-sex marriages are not legal in their home state.
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Gleb Bukin, left, and his fiancee Kate Val, of Fort Lee, N.J., center, wait with his mother, Mila Bukin, to be married in the Office of the City Clerk, in New York, Dec. 12, 2012.
Richard Drew
Robert Allen, right, and his bride Ika Allen, center, from the Brooklyn borough of New York, poses for a photo with Allen's mother Annie Tedjo, at the Office of the City Clerk, in New York, after their wedding, Dec. 12, 2012.
Richard Drew
Carmen Bell-Delgado, center, and Tonia Bell-Delgado, right, pose for a photo before their wedding in the Office of the City Clerk, in New York, Dec. 12, 2012.
Richard Drew
Harold, right, and Parcia Hochhauser, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, and her daughter Pricilla Pardo, left, leave the Office of the City Clerk, in New York, after their wedding, Dec. 12, 2012.
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Harold and Parcia Hochhauser, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, leave the Office of the City Clerk, in New York, after their wedding, Dec. 12, 2012.
AP Photo/The Abilene Reporter-News, Nellie Doneva
Rev. Joshua Baker, center, presides over the wedding ceremony of Bill Lenches and Jennifer King, who got married at 12:12 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2012, at the 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, where they are both employed, in Abilene, Texas.
AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry
Mark H. Sandilands marries Shaun Cranford and Niakeia Hicks on Dec. 12, 2012, outside of the Hamilton County Courthouse in Chattanooga, Tenn.
AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry
Dr. Mark H. Sandilands marries Britny Bennett, 24, holding her 12-week-old son Jaxon Bowers, to Josh Bowers, 23, on Dec. 12, 2012, outside of the Hamilton County Courthouse in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Ulet Ifansasti
Brides and grooms exchange rings during a mass wedding ceremony on Dec. 12, 2012, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Ulet Ifansasti
A bride and groom couple prepare for a mass wedding ceremony on Dec. 12, 2012, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Ulet Ifansasti
Bride and groom couples wave during a mass wedding ceremony on Dec. 12, 2012, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Spencer Platt
A bride waits to fill out marriage papers at a busy City Clerk's office on Dec. 12, 2012, in New York City.
Spencer Platt
John and Rinie Haynes wait to be married at a busy City Clerk's office on Dec. 12, 2012, in New York City.
Spencer Platt
Couple George and Kate Dumitrascu wait to be married at a busy City Clerk's office on Dec. 12, 2012, in New York City.
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Bride and groom couples celebrate their marriage during a mass wedding ceremony on Dec. 12, 2012, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Ulet Ifansasti
A bride and groom sit inside a lorry train parade during a mass wedding ceremony on Dec. 12, 2012, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Couples, friends and family wait at a busy City Clerk's office on Dec. 12, 2012, in New York City.
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A bride waits to fill out marriage papers at a busy City Clerk's office on Dec. 12, 2012, in New York City.
Spencer Platt
A couple waits to be married at a busy City Clerk's office on Dec. 12, 2012, in New York City.
DIMITAR DILKOFF
A Bulgarian couple dance on a car just before their wedding ceremony in Sofia on Dec. 12, 2012. More than a hundred couples in Bulgaria chose to mark the once in a lifetime date of 12/12/12 by saying "I do" on the special day.
EMMANUEL DUNAND
Chris (R) and Renee Wiley get ready to pose for a wedding photo on Times Square in New York, Dec. 12, 2012. Same-sex marriage in New York state became legal on July 24, 2011.
