Gay Marriages Begin In California
Posted on June 16, 2008
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With a series of simple “I dos,” gay and lesbian couples across California inaugurated the state’s court-sanctioned and potentially short-lived experiment with same-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what are expected to be a crush of such unions in coming weeks.
In San Francisco, Del Martin, 87, and Phyllis Lyon, 84, were the first and only couple to be wed here, saying their vows in the office of Mayor Gavin Newsom, before emerging to a throng of media and screaming well-wishers.
The gray-haired Ms. Martin and Ms. Lyon, who have been together for more than 50 years, seemed touched by, if a little tired of, all the attention.[via NYT]
