20 years ago, these same-sex couples became the first in history to legally marry.
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00:00Helene, Elisa, Maria, Farse, what is your answer to that?
00:03Yes.
00:16It felt very, very special. We were of course nervous,
00:19but it was so special to be together in there,
00:21with all the other couples, and to be married.
00:30The Netherlands has come that far that gay couples can use a civil marriage,
00:45but we want to show the world that it's very important to us,
00:50and we hope that also other countries will follow the example.
01:00The Netherlands has come that far that gay couples can use a civil marriage.
01:11Our eldest son Nathan is now 11, and our daughter Mirkele is now 10.
01:16We really wanted a status that was socially accepted,
01:20like a choice that everyone could make,
01:23and not an alternative that looked a bit like it.
01:30The Netherlands has come that far that gay couples can use a civil marriage.