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Is This India’s Fastest Same-Sex Divorce?

Two Indian men — Soibam Sandeep, 26 and Nikhil Sharma (wearing the dress), 28 — were the first same-sex couple to wed in Manipur, exchanging vows in front of 100 guests on Thursday after a six-year relationship. But they’re very quickly ending their union, after their families contacted the police and, through two hours of, ahem, “consult,” convinced the men to call it all off.

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