MANCHESTER has held what is thought to be the UK's biggest ever lesbian and gay mass blessing.
As part of the Manchester Pride Festival, 70 couples tied the knot in Manchester's Gay Village.
Gay and lesbian marriages are not yet recognised by law but a bill to make it legal, called the Civil Partnership Bill, is currently going through Parliament.
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