Exclusive Pics! "Forbidden Love"'s Christian and Olli are Going to the Chapel...

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While soap opera fans in the U.S. are still mourning the abrupt loss of Oliver and Kyle on One Life to Live and the impending loss of Luke, Noah and Reid on As the World Turns, we can at least take comfort that over in Germany one of our favorite gay couples of all time has something wonderful to celebrate.

Christian and Olli are getting married on Forbidden Love (Verbotene Liebe)! That's right, Chrolli are going to have the first gay church wedding on TV in Germany and one of the few anywhere in the world. In fact, I actually can't think of another one. I thought Paul and Jonny on Emmerdale had been married in a church wedding, but I don't think that is the case, and Kevin and Scotty on Brothers & Sisters were married at Kevin's mother's house so this just might be a first anywhere. 

The producers of the show were kind enough to officially share these photos from Christian and Olli's big day, and while some of these had previously leaked online, I'm told this is the first time we've seen Christian and Olli's first kiss as a married couple. 

Kudos to all involved as Forbidden Love has done wonderful things with Christian and Olli over the years, and letting them have a church wedding is just one more way the show is treating them just like any other couple!

And, of course, we'll have more coverage of the wedding when it happens in late August!

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