Two grandmothers, the first gay marriage in New York

Two women, both grandmothers, on Sunday became the first same-sex couples who marry in the state of New York, Niagara Falls in the background for this historical event.

Kitty Lambert, 54, and Cheryl Rudd, 53, of Buffalo, New York, were married at midnight on the Moon Island State Park Niagara Falls, near the border between the U.S. and CanadaCanada.

Women, who have five grown children between them from previous marriages, were attended by hundreds of friends, family, fans and even a group of tourists who wanted to attend the main link between two persons of the same in New York, which became the sixth state in the country and the largest, which legalized gay marriage.

Lambert, director of an art gallery, wearing a blue satin dress she was drawn, while Rudd, who works at a food processing plant, chose a white suit with tails. Been together for a decade.

The civil ceremony, which followed a service performed before midnight by clerics Jews, Baptists and Episcopalians, was officiated by the local mayor Paul Dyster.

By the time you got to the part Dyster saying "the laws of the State of New York," his words were eclipsed by a wave of applause.

Lambert answered unequivocally "yes, yes, yes!" when asked if he agreed to marry by choice.

Women danced on stage after the ceremony to the tune of "The EdgeThe Edge of Glory" by Lady GagaLady Gaga.

To celebrate this first marriage, the world's most famous waterfalls were illuminated by lights in the colors of the rainbow, a brilliant homage to the colossal and tricolor of homosexuals.

More than 40 gay couples be given the "yes" during a joint ceremony in Niagara Falls on Monday.

The city of New York plans to open offices of its five districts marriage Sunday. Expecting big queues, municipal officials said they would accept to 764 pairs, but then decided to expand the number to the total of 823 applications, both homosexual and heterosexual.

The expected flood of links statewide offices has led to marriage to strengthen staff and judges to approve the marriage.

Dyster estimated that legalizing gay marriages would provide 400 million dollars to the state's damaged economy in the next three years.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has pushed same-sex marriage, getting married to two men who belong to his inner circle at City Hall to Gracie Mansion, the first mayor's official residence on Sunday night.

Activists of civil liberties in New York say that legalization sends a message to Congress that it must reject the Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between a man and a woman and that excludes couples same sex as the federal benefits.