CBS News - Friday, June 28, 2013

Same-sex weddings underway in California

Updated 5:21 pm PT

SAN FRANCISCO - The lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall on Friday, about an hour after an appeals court cleared the way for same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

State Attorney General Kamala Harris presided at the wedding of Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, of Berkeley. The couple sued to overturn the state's voter-approved gay marriage ban along with Jeff Katami and Paul Zarrillo, of Burbank, who planned to marry Friday evening at Los Angeles City Hall.

"They have waited and fought for this moment," Harris said. "Today their wait is finally over."

Harris declared Perry, 48, and Stier, 50, "spouses for life," but during their vows, they took each other as "lawfully wedded wife."

"Today is wildly exciting for both of us we're so happy," Stier had told KCBS. "We're just thrilled to be here, finally, crossing this important threshold into the next phase of our lives where we can be legally wed."

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AWESOME.

I have always thought if someone that is gay wants to be miserable, why shouldn't they be allowed to marry?

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Beautiful picture. This is a great thing happening in California.

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