RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Gay and straight couples are converging on Mount Rushmore National Memorial to hold a large group wedding in celebration of this summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage.

The event, organized by women who challenged South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriages, is being held in the amphitheater of the memorial.

Nancy Rosenbrahn, who sued the state along with her wife Jennie, said she already knows of six couples who have received marriage licenses in South Dakota and plan to get married Sunday afternoon beneath the memorial.

She said couples who are already married will also be renewing their vows at the ceremony.

"I get to say 'I do' to my wife," Rosenbrahn told the Argus Leader. "We had to run away, now we can do it in our home state. We're going to stand up in South Dakota and say the words we should have been able to say in our home all along."

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