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On September 3, 1971, Jack Baker and Michael McConnell exchanged wedding vows in Minnesota in what the National Archives describes as the first legal same-sex wedding in the United States. This wasn't 2015, and it wasn't after decades of mainstream acceptance. This was 1971. At a time when openly LGBTQ+ people faced widespread discrimination, Baker and McConnell were willing to challenge what America believed marriage, commitment, and equality were supposed to look lik