To many, it was the next inevitable step in civil rights progress:

“This is the last frontier,” said gay Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who attended the wedding. “Women got the right to vote, black people got the right to vote, now gay people can get married.”

While to a handful of protestors, it was the worst thing since Brokeback Mountain:

Outside City Hall, about 1,000 people waited for the couple to emerge. Some cheered, others booed. One man waved a sign that said “Homo Sex Is a Threat to National Security.”

Congratulations to the newlyweds and those who have waited too long for their day, including Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, whom we posted about earlier.  They were first in line in San Francisco to be married, after more than half a century together.  

Excerpts and images taken from “Gay marriages begin as California ruling takes effect” at Latimes.com

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