{"id":7076,"date":"2015-05-14T22:16:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T02:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?p=7076"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:32:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:32:41","slug":"live-the-same-sex-wedding-dilemma-wfal385","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/live-the-same-sex-wedding-dilemma-wfal385","title":{"rendered":"LIVE!  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