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Sense of Calm as Gay Couples Wed in California
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In 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage, based on a ruling of its highest court interpreting the state's Constitution. (article 4)
LOS ANGELES - Serenaded by a gay men's chorus, showered with rose petals and toasted with champagne, hundreds of tearful same-sex couples got married across the state Tuesday in what some are calling California's new Summer of Love. (article 3)
Many more are expected to follow in the footsteps of one of California's most iconic same-sex couples and apply for marriage licenses and exchange vows today the first day gay and lesbian marriages will be legal throughout the state. (article 8)
The results mark the first time in over three decades of polling by the Field Poll that more California voters have approved of extending marriage to gay couples than have disapproved, said Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo. (article 7)
The weddings began in a handful of locations around the state at exactly 5:01 p.m., the earliest time allowed by last month's decision by the California Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage. (article 9)
Reported By: danielle Lerner d/p SAN LUIS OBISPO It was a busy morning at the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder's Office as couple after couple received their marriage licenses and tied the knot. (article 15)
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- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 06/18/2008, 1210 words)
- Reader Q&A on gay marriage (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 622 words)
- 'I Now Pronounce You Spouses For Life' (msnbc.msn.com, 06/17/2008, 2111 words)
- Same-Sex Marriage News (topics.nytimes.com, 06/17/2008, 162 words)
- Reader Q&A on gay marriage (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 524 words)
- Reader Q&A on gay marriage (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 236 words)
- Californians back same-sex weddings: poll :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/17/2008, 561 words)
- California's Wedded Blitz (ABCNews, 06/17/2008, 1441 words)
- Same-Sex Marriages Begin in California (nytimes.com, 06/17/2008, 909 words)
- Sense of Calm as Gay Couples Wed in California (nytimes.com, 06/18/2008, 701 words)
- 1st gays get married in California :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/17/2008, 438 words)
- Gay rights pioneers ready to wed as California lifts marriage ban (dallasnews.com, 06/16/2008, 749 words)
- Gay marriage reaction? It's all over the map (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 847 words)
- California to begin performing same-sex marriages today (dallasnews.com, 06/16/2008, 399 words)
- KSBY-TV (msnbc.msn.com, 06/17/2008, 404 words)
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