On Aug. 6, 2019, World News Daily Report published an article positing that a brother and sister from the state of New Jersey had been granted permission to marry after a long court battle.
NEW JERSEY BROTHER AND SISTER ALLOWED TO MARRY AFTER 10-YEAR-LONG COURT BATTLE
A New Jersey brother and sister have won the right to marry after a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States.
In a 5-to-4 ruling, five judges unanimously granted the appeal by James Banes, 41, and Victoria Banes, 38, today after a ten-year-long battle.
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Although the story is fake, the picture that World News Daily Report used depicted a real couple, although that couple is not related by blood. The people pictured: Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, a British couple who fought for and won the right to have their union recognized as a civil partnership rather than a marriage in 2018.
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