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KELLY CORDINGLEY
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Caitlin Jonesler was cautiously hopeful as she peeked at the news on her phone during her Friday morning meeting.
Then the flood of joy hit her.
She had to fight back tears texting her wife, Keirsten Jonesler, to tell her their marriage would finally be recognized as legal in all 50 states.
Keirsten cried tears of joy all day after hearing the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal in America. Caitlin, who attended the University from 2002-05, said they received congratulatory text messages from
"We've been joking about 'happy gay marriage day,' but then I was like, Wait a minute, it's just happy marriage day," like we're normal people," Caitlin said.
family and friends throughout the day on June 26 as the pair revealed in their excitement.
Although the women were married in Lawrence last October in front of their family and friends, their marriage certificate is from Hawaii, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2013. A couple days before the two married in Lawrence, Chief District Judge Kevin Moriarty
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