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When was gay marriage legalized in san francisco
The granting of same-sex marriages resumed following the U.S. Supreme Court 's decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which restored the effect of a federal district court ruling that overturned Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. California was the second U.S. state (after Massachusetts) to legalize same-sex marriage.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- California held its first gay marriage since as state Atty. Kamala D.
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20 years ago, San Francisco’s ‘Winter of Love’ set off an unintended campaign for same-sex marriage LGBTQ+ advocates didn’t want to fight for marriage equality. Queer couples and then-Mayor Gavin Newsom had other plans. Jim Gatteau and Mike Holland take part in a rally for gay marriage rights on February 14, , in Sacramento, California.
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Couples wait in line in front of San Francisco City Hall in for marriage licenses. | Deborah Coleman/Getty Images It was a joyous time, but it wouldn’t last long. Just a month after weddings began, California’s Supreme Court ordered the city to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses pending further legal review.
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Proposition 3 would enshrine the right to same-sex marriage into the California constitution, repealing Proposition 8 — a measure approved by voters in that defined marriage as between a man and a woman. In practice, the ballot measure would not change who can marry.
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Between February 12 and March 11, , San Francisco issued over 4, marriage licenses to same-sex couples. While the California Supreme Court ordered the City to halt the marriages on March 11, and later annulled the marriages in August, Newsom’s directive and the Winter of Love propelled the City’s legal fight for marriage.
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San Francisco officials in and around City Hall reflect on the Winter of Love, the period when Mayor Gavin Newsom directed the County Clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Reporting from Sacramento — It was an iconic image: Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, longtime partners and lesbian activists, embracing after being wed in San Francisco City Hall. The first same-sex couple in the country to receive a marriage license was joined by city officials and advocates choked with emotion — but not the man who set their nuptials in motion, Gavin Newsom.
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