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MINNEAPOLIS – Marriage ceremonies started at midnight for gay couples in Minnesota, where same-sex marriage is now legal.

Minnesota officials estimate that about 5,000 gay couples will marry in the first year of the new law.

Laws legalizing same-sex marriage also took effect today in Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.

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