The Washington Post, April 5th, 2004
They haven't spoken in 22 years. They live 719 miles apart, and frankly, they say, they've got other things to worry about these days. Still, as the debate over gay marriage saturates everything from presidential campaigns to barbershop banter, Wayne Schwandt and John Fortunato remember. They remember how it was when they were young and hopeful and a little naive. And how, like thousands of gay couples today, they became swept up in a wave of social change. Back on Nov. 21, 1976, in Northwest Washington, Schwandt and Fortunato walked down the aisle side by side, wearing matching embroidered tu...
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