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Tori and Kate Kuykendall, who have been together five years, inaugurate their new marriage with a kiss. With them at the ceremony in a park in West Hollywood is their 5-month-old daughter, Zadie. More coverage • With gay marriage now legal in California, it's the start of a couples' crush • Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now
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Couples tie the knot

gay marriage; Tori, Kate Kuykendall, West Hollywood

Tori and Kate Kuykendall, who have been together five years, inaugurate their new marriage with a kiss. With them at the ceremony in a park in West Hollywood is their 5-month-old daughter, Zadie.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

gay marriage, Philip Colavito, Dean Seymour, Indio, Winona Guitreau,

At the Indio courthouse, Philip Colavito, left, and Dean Seymour hug as Seymour’s mother Winona Guitreau, in floral dress, and others look on.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Hank Donat, gay marriage, Jeff Halpern

Hank Donat, left, and Jeff Halpern, right, joke with San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, center, who married them in the supervisors’ chambers.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

gay marriage, San Francisco, Joe Alfano, Frank Capley,

A newly married couple, Joe Alfano, left, and Frank Capley hug in the rotunda of San Francisco’s City Hall.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

Lia Shigemura, gay marriage, Helen Zia,

As Lia Shigemura, left, and Helen Zia kiss at San Francisco City Hall, Zia’s mother, Beilin Zia, shows her joy for the Oakland couple.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

Gay Weddings

Outside the L.A. county clerk’s office in Norwalk, Jennifer Ramos, left, and Antoinette Bantigue wait their turn.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

Amber Weiss, Sharon Papo, gay marriage

The newly married Amber Weiss, right and Sharon Papo prepare to walk down the main stairs inside San Francisco City Hall.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

West Hollywood, Tori, Kate Kuykendall, gay marriage

Tori, left, and Kate Kuykendall make their way to get a marriage license at the West Hollywood Auditorium.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Bakersfield ring

Carol Lair places a ring on Colette Shewcraft’s finger as the couple exchanges wedding vows outside the Kern County Building in Bakersfield Tuesday, the first full day same-sex couples can legally marry in California.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Bakersfield embrace

Bakersfield residents Kathi Gose, 52, left, and Karen Briefer, 45, embrace after their marriage ceremony outside the Kern County Building in Bakersfield Tuesday.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hands in the air

Newly married Lori Renee, right, throws her hands in the air as long-time partner Whitney Weddell embraces her after they are pronounced married outside the Kern County Building in Bakersfield. Weddell’s sister Tracy was also married at the county building Tuesday.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

The wedding rings

The wedding rings for Dean Seymour and Philip Colavito.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Couples wait at the Los Angeles County clerk's office.

Couples wait at the Los Angeles County clerk’s office.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Ana

Jeff Van Hooser and Greg McCollum raise their right hands while swearing that the information on their wedding certificate is true and accurate while their children Kate and Lucas sit on their laps at the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Exchanging vows in Santa Ana

Jaime Munoz and William Lundquist are one of the first couples to exchange vows in the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Kansas couple

With a flag from home, David Greenbaum, 37, left, and Mike Silverman, 35, both of Lawrence, Kan., pose in front of San Francisco City Hall shortly after 7 a.m. on the first full day that marriage licenses for same-sex couples were issued in California.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

Paperwork

Robin Tyler, left, and Diane Olson sign their marriage certificate. They were the first and only couple in Los Angeles County to obtain a marriage license Monday, after same-sex marriage became legal in California at 5:01 p.m. by order of the state Supreme Court.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

All smiles

After the ceremony, one of the brides declared, “My name is Robin Tyler and I’d like to introduce you to my wife!”

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Opposition

Julie and John Malaspina of Catholics for the Common Good protest outside San Francisco City Hall before the Phyllis Lyon-Del Martin ceremony.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

Reception

Lyon, in turquoise, and Martin move toward their wedding cake at a public reception outside the mayor’s office. “They have spent a half century fighting for equality,” San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said.

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

Two sides

Mark Chambers, left, who supports same-sex marriage, and protester Kevin Farrer confront each other outside San Franciso City Hall, where about a thousand people waited for Lyon and Martin to emerge.

More photos

• California’s first legal gay marriages

More coverage

• With gay marriage now legal in California, it’s the start of a couples’ crush
• Opponents of gay marriage stay mostly quiet -- for now  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

Mom walking

Paul Waters, left, is escorted down the aisle at his wedding to Kevin Voecks, right, by Paul’s mother Peggy Waters on June 17, 2008. Paul Waters and Voecks have lived together 15 years and were one of the first couples to get married on Tuesday.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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