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Assistant Clerk Pauline Churwin, who served as magistrate in the case, barred members of the press from the hearing and later declined to comment on the case...
MARRIED. HUNDREDS OF GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES; by San Francisco city officials; after Mayor Gavin Newsom asked the county clerk's office to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in defiance of a California law barring homosexual nuptials; in San Francisco. Among the couples pronounced "spouses for life" were PHYLLIS LYON, 79, and DEL MARTIN, 83, who founded the nation's first lesbian organization 49 years ago. Opponents of the licenses are seeking a restraining order to prevent the city from granting more...
...MARRIED. PHYLLIS LYON, 79, and DEL MARTIN, 83, founders of the U.S.'s first lesbian organization, 49 years ago; becoming the first to take advantage of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's instruction to the county clerk's office to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses (in defiance of a Californian law); in San Francisco. Hundreds of couples have followed suit. Opponents of the licenses are seeking a restraining order to prevent the city from granting more...
...time ever in the U.S. They will have that opportunity by order of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled last week that it is unconstitutional to deny them marriage licenses. Gays and lesbians across the country celebrated. Hundreds of gay people have already called or e-mailed town clerk Doug Johnstone in Provincetown, Mass., to ask when they can marry. One of the licenses Johnstone's office will issue will be his own. After 25 years together, he and his partner will finally have the chance to say their vows before the commonwealth...
...Cambridge City Council instructs the city clerk to be ready to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples “as soon as legally possible...