London: The British government has ordered rainbow flags flown over two prominent government buildings to mark the country`s first same-sex weddings.
The flags are being raised today ahead of the law taking effect tomorrow.
It marks a profound shift in attitudes in a country that little more than a decade ago had a law on the books banning the "promotion" of homosexuality.
Among the first to wed will be Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sinclair Treadway.
They will marry just after midnight in front of 100 guests at London`s Camden Town Hall, before emerging to the strains of "I Got You, Babe" by Sonny and Cher.
Treadway says the definition of marriage has changed from a union of a man and a woman: "Now it`s between two people who love each other."