California leads the way in gay marriage :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary
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Some clergy members in California spent Tuesday officiating at same-sex weddings made legal by a State Supreme Court ruling that took effect on Monday night. (article 15)
SAN FRANCISCO - County clerk offices opened their doors Tuesday to hundreds of gay and lesbian couples with appointments to secure marriage licenses and exchange vows on the first full day same-sex nuptials were legal throughout California. (article 12)
Hundreds more couples lined up for marriage vows today after San Francisco's City Hall hosted the state's first legal gay wedding late Monday for two women who waited more than 50 years to tie the knot. (article 11)
" Today, the institution of marriage has been strengthened and affirmed San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Monday after officiating the wedding of 83-year-old Phyllis Lyon and 87-year-old Del Martin. (article 11)
While California is the second state after Massachusetts to legalize same-sex unions, the court's decision was hailed as revolutionary - allowing same-sex couples from other states to wed in California as well. (article 11)
Now that the state Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution to include the basic human right to marriage for same-sex couples, passing of the initiative would be considered a change, not an amendment. (article 1)
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- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 06/16/2008, 588 words)
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- Gay marriage reaction? It's all over the map (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 847 words)
- George Michael sounds off on gay marriage in U.S. - (baltimoresun.com, 06/18/2008, 359 words)
- Wedding bells still ringing for gay and lesbian couples around California (sfgate.com, 06/17/2008, 1644 words)
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- ABC News: California's Wedded Blitz (ABCNews, 06/17/2008, 383 words)
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- Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/18/2008, 847 words)
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- Blessings and Anguish for Pastors in California (nytimes.com, 06/18/2008, 924 words)
- California to begin performing same-sex marriages today (dallasnews.com, 06/16/2008, 399 words)
- Gay rights pioneers ready to wed as California lifts marriage ban (dallasnews.com, 06/16/2008, 749 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 06/18/2008, 721 words)
- Same-sex couples are putting future in writing (dallasnews.com, 06/16/2008, 1011 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > U.S. (FOX News, 06/17/2008, 12 words)
- Proposal helps gays who marry :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (suntimes.com, 06/18/2008, 231 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 531 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 590 words)
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