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Same-sex couple plans a wedding before Supreme Court ruling

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A local couple will be one of the first in Ohio to tie the knot today, but they had been planning the wedding long before yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling.

Joel Frederick and Vasilios Birlidis have been together for eighteen years, and today they will be married in front of their family and friends.


A wedding they have been planning for months, now means so much more now that it is recognized by the state of Ohio and the United States.

NBC 4’s Monica Day sat down with the couple to hear their story.