As the rather exciting cap to a monumental week in equal rights, a federal appeals court allowed the state of California to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Friday (June 28).
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended the four-and-a-half year freeze by dissolving a stay it had imposed on same-sex marriages while the lawsuit challenging Prop 8 worked its way through the legal system.
Following the ruling, CA Governor Jerry Brown issued a statement to county clerks that marriage licenses must be issued effective immediately. The two lead plaintiffs in the case to overturn Prop 8, Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier, were first in line at San Francisco City Hall to get a marriage license. State Attorney General Kamala Harris officiated the ceremony (pictured above), telling the couple, "I now declare you spouses for life."
Kgo-tv in San Francisco reports that the Sf City Hall will remain open until 8 p.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended the four-and-a-half year freeze by dissolving a stay it had imposed on same-sex marriages while the lawsuit challenging Prop 8 worked its way through the legal system.
Following the ruling, CA Governor Jerry Brown issued a statement to county clerks that marriage licenses must be issued effective immediately. The two lead plaintiffs in the case to overturn Prop 8, Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier, were first in line at San Francisco City Hall to get a marriage license. State Attorney General Kamala Harris officiated the ceremony (pictured above), telling the couple, "I now declare you spouses for life."
Kgo-tv in San Francisco reports that the Sf City Hall will remain open until 8 p.
- 6/29/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
With the Supreme Court striking down California's Proposition 8 on Wednesday in one of two historic rulings that were victories for the gay community, President Obama was among the first to officially congratulate the plaintiffs. Kris Perry and Sandra Stier, the couple who brought the case that is now paving the way for gay couples to marry in the Golden State, were being interviewed by MSNBC when they and coplaintiffs Jeff Zarrillo and Paul Katami received a surprise phone call from the commander in chief. Obama was heard praising them on camera for carrying the fight for equal rights all the way to the nation's highest court and winning, and lauded them for their "courage" and "helping out a...
- 6/26/2013
- E! Online
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