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post #21 of 82
2/14/04 at 3:45pm
I read that 665 couples had been married as of yesterday.

I think this is so awesome!

I hope it just keeps snowballing.
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post #22 of 82
2/14/04 at 4:56pm
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Originally posted by MelKnee
I read that 665 couples had been married as of yesterday.
That is so great!

Ahhhh.... Love.... Goddess Bless SF!
post #23 of 82
2/15/04 at 6:10am
The eleven o'clock news tonight said it was nearly 1000 couples now!! AND they are going to stay open and keep marrying couples all day Sunday and Monday which should be a holiday!!
post #24 of 82
2/15/04 at 8:11am
OMGosh almost 1000 already?!?!?!
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!
post #25 of 82
2/15/04 at 10:04am
I think burritomama said it best:

To love!

post #26 of 82
2/15/04 at 5:41pm
I read an article about this earlier today and was happily surpised by it. It was never a topic I had ever thought about before untill my own wedding day. Two of our dear friends attended, a gay couple who had been together for a couple of decades, and J. said that he was suprised that K. had attended because he was so upset that "straight" couples could get married but they couldn't. This struck me so profoundly, and ever since I have thought that anyone who wanted to should be able to marry the one they love.
post #27 of 82
2/15/04 at 5:45pm
GO SF! Makes me wish I was back there!
post #28 of 82
2/15/04 at 11:04pm
Just a bump because this thread makes me so
post #29 of 82
2/15/04 at 11:09pm
This makes me so happy!!!!!!!!!

post #30 of 82
2/15/04 at 11:41pm
So are they actually legally married? Same as man-woman marrieds?

I sure hope so!
post #31 of 82
2/15/04 at 11:51pm
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So are they actually legally married? Same as man-woman marrieds?
Sounds like til Tuesday at least! And no matter what happens then, they'll still have a legal marraige certificate.
post #32 of 82
2/16/04 at 12:53am
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Friday I watched a few snippets of the news and they showed a conservative group protesting about this. Going on and on about how it's illegal in CA and they were going to make sure it stayed that way.

When I lived in CA, I did not vote for the "defense of marriage act" :

These people make me so mad. And I won't even go into the nasty nightmare I had about a similar topic last week. UGH, these hateful people really scare me.

Of course, on an upbeat note they also discussed plans to take this to the CA supreme court since there is no similar case pending. So hopefully the "defense of marriage act" law in CA can be declared unconstitutional.
post #33 of 82
2/16/04 at 2:01am
I just want to voice my support. I'm motivated by this movement. I want to go out and rally in support. I want to get my mayor to support gay marriage (doubtful that will ever happen, but hey!).
post #34 of 82
2/16/04 at 4:59am
Truely beautiful! I'm so happy for these couples. How crazy is it that in this day and age a couple who barely knows each other, doesn't even like each other, and won't be married 1 year, and in some cases, one day (ahem, Brittney) can get married simply because they are a male and female couple, but two people who have loved each other for 51 years and have built a life together and will remain together until they day they die can't simply because they aren't?

I applaud you, SF! I can't wait until the day I can say that about every city.
post #35 of 82
2/16/04 at 4:49pm
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Journey
I just want to voice my support. I'm motivated by this movement. I want to go out and rally in support. I want to get my mayor to support gay marriage (doubtful that will ever happen, but hey!). [/QUOTE

ITA! I was just thinking - What can we do to show our support for gay marriage? I was watching CNN this weekend and there was this guy going on and on about how "americans" don't want gay marriage and how "americans" want marriage to be a holy thing between men and women. ON and ON! It made me so mad. I guess that I am unamerican and all homosexual people are unamerican.

So, what can we do?

Victoria
post #36 of 82
2/16/04 at 4:57pm
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Originally posted by Arduinna
Friday I watched a few snippets of the news and they showed a conservative group protesting about this. Going on and on about how it's illegal in CA and they were going to make sure it stayed that way.
I am so thrilled about the marriages happening in CA, I am truly excited and hope that this is the beginning of something big for equal rights in this country.

But I cannot help but have this eerie, creepy feeling that it will end in violence or something horrible (I am such a stinkin' pessimist : ). Quotes such as the above make me feel a little nervous.
post #37 of 82
2/16/04 at 7:18pm
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But I cannot help but have this eerie, creepy feeling that it will end in violence or something horrible
I didn't want to disrupt the party, but I have been having the same uneasy feelings about Tuesday.
post #38 of 82
2/16/04 at 7:22pm
I have the same feelings. Those people who are trying to get it stopped are most likely in hiding. I wouldn't be surprised if several people have been thinking of retaliating violently. I wouldn't be shocked if a riot started tomorrow. By tomorrow, there will have been approximately 2000 marriage liscences handed out to homosexual couples. It's San Francisco baby. It's gonna be a mess.
post #39 of 82
2/18/04 at 5:07am
Well, update from my local news tonight...probably some of you S.F. locals have more details, but here's what I've got and it's not entirely bad...
As of the end of the day today, 2,636 couples have been married!! So, yes, that's right, for those who were worried the courts would put a stop to it today, they have not!
What did happen was that they decided the marriages appear to be against CA law and issued a cease and desist order which means they are supposed to stop issuing marriage licenses, BUT, they made it non-binding which means something like they won't actually go and stop them (?-help me out, legal people!)
If S.F. has not stopped issuing licenses and marrying people by MARCH 27 (!), they will have to go to court and explain themselves.
The only other catch is that there is supposed to be some sort of hearing on Friday where the conservatives will get another chance to try and stop the marriages, but the news didn't say anything else about that.
Oh, and Arnie's office issued a statement that he is against the same-sex marriages but does support CA's domestic partnership laws: ...he didn't have the guts to come out and say it himself I guess.

So, the marriages will continue for now!!!

And, a woman I know got married there over the weekend and she and her wife and son were on the news tonight and it was so sweet cuz the boy, who was 10,was almost in tears saying how proud he was of his moms!
post #40 of 82
2/18/04 at 5:26am
According to the SF Chronicle, the judge refused the stay because of a misplaced semicolon in the proposed order he rec'd from the folks seeking to stop the marriages. Here's the link:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...932EST0125.DTL

(Thank you news.google)
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