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San Francisco plaintiffs will be first couple to alter Monday
By Associated Press
Jun 12, 2008 - 2:54:14 PM
Lesbian couple, together more than 50 years, were first to be married in 2004, but the marriage was later annulled by a court ruling
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| Phyllis Lyon, left, and Del Martin, then ages 79 and 82 respectively, had been together for 51 years in 2004 when they became the first couple to take advantage of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s decree that the city would issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. That marriage was later annulled by a court ruling, but the women — now 83 and 86 — will tie the knot again on Monday, June 16, with Newsom performing the ceremony. They will get their licenses and be married again a day earlier than other same-sex couples can get their licenses. |
SAN FRANCISCO — Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon’s nuptials at City Hall ignited the gay wedding spree that thrust San Francisco into the national spotlight in 2004.
Now the city plans a repeat of the ceremony when gay marriage becomes legal in California on June 16.
Mayor Gavin Newsom plans to officiate at the couple’s wedding, just as he did for them in 2004. He said Monday, May 9 that Martin and Lyon will be the only gay couple married at City Hall on June 16. The clerk’s office will issue licenses for other couples beginning June 17.
Martin, 87, and Lyon, 84, are lesbian activists who have been a couple for more than five decades. They were plaintiffs in the California Supreme Court case that led to the state’s legalization of gay marriage.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition June 13, 2008.
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