Couples tie the knot
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.
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At the Indio courthouse, Philip Colavito, left, and Dean Seymour hug as Seymour’s mother Winona Guitreau, in floral dress, and others look on.
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Hank Donat, left, and Jeff Halpern, right, joke with San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, center, who married them in the supervisors’ chambers.
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A newly married couple, Joe Alfano, left, and Frank Capley hug in the rotunda of San Francisco’s City Hall.
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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.
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Outside the L.A. county clerk’s office in Norwalk, Jennifer Ramos, left, and Antoinette Bantigue wait their turn.
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The newly married Amber Weiss, right and Sharon Papo prepare to walk down the main stairs inside San Francisco City Hall.
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Tori, left, and Kate Kuykendall make their way to get a marriage license at the
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Carol Lair places a ring on Colette Shewcraft’s finger as the couple exchanges wedding vows outside the
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Bakersfield residents Kathi Gose, 52, left, and Karen Briefer, 45, embrace after their marriage ceremony outside the
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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
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The wedding rings for Dean Seymour and Philip Colavito.
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Couples wait at the Los Angeles County clerk’s office.
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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
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Jaime Munoz and William Lundquist are one of the first couples to exchange vows in the Old Courthouse in
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With a flag from home, David Greenbaum, 37, left, and Mike Silverman, 35, both of Lawrence,
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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.
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After the ceremony, one of the brides declared, “My name is Robin Tyler and Id like to introduce you to my wife!”
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Julie and John Malaspina of Catholics for the Common Good protest outside San Francisco City Hall before the Phyllis Lyon-Del Martin ceremony.
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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.
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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.
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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)