Congrats Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin!
Same-sex weddings start with union of elderly San Francisco couple
(06-16) 18:33 PDT SAN FRANCISCO – Cheers filled San Francisco’s City Hall shortly after 5 p.m. as longtime lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, partners for more than 50 years, began their second wedding – and their first legal union.
Mayor Gavin Newsom, who officiated the ceremony in the reception area of his office, said it was a fitting way to memorialize last month’s state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in California, which took effect at 5:01 p.m. </em>
Ah, progress. What a wonderful thing.
