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Del Martin, 87, kisses her wife, Phyllis Lyon, 84, as the first officially married same sex couple after California's Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, California, 16 June, 2008.

They were married by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in a special ceremony one day before California officially began issuing licenses to couples without restrictions on gender. Mayor Newsom had previously issued a marriage license to the couple under the City and County of San Francisco on 12 February, 2004.

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