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But while gay couples across the US flock to exchange vows after the landmark Supreme Court ruling to legalise same-sex marriage, one couple jumped at the chance to officially split.

In the state of Louisiana, the first same-sex divorce was granted two hours before the first legally sanctioned same-sex wedding, Nola.com reports.

The two New Orleans residents, Anna Wellman and Stephanie Baus, were married in Massachusetts in 2009 and divorced in Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Friday.

The divorce was made official Monday in a quiet proceeding — a stark difference to the later wedding which attracted much fanfare and media attention, Judge Paulette Irons said.

Divorce rights ... Same-sex couples in the US celebrate the right to legally marry... and split. Source: AP

Lawyer Mitch Hoffman said Wellman and Baus had been living separately for five years, had divided their assets and had split custody of their now university-aged child.

The couple had been together more than a decade before getting married, he said.

Hoffman said they could not divorce in Massachusetts as it would have required them to become residents.

“We were there earlier than the people who got married, I guess. It wasn’t a race,” he said.

“They want to move forward and move on. That’s all.”