Robin and Diane Get Married for You
Filed by: Karen Ocamb
February 14, 2009 10:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/02/robin_and_diane_get_married_for_you.phpRobin Tyler and Diane Olson seem drawn to the Beverly Hills Courthouse, having filed the first lawsuit challenging California's marriage laws shortly after being denied a marriage license there on Feb. 12, 2004. IMG_1791.jpgThat lawsuit was folded into the historic case that went before the California Supreme Court and resulted in a ruling for marriage equality last May 15.
To make a point about the separation of church and state, the couple went back to the courthouse on June 16, got a legal license, then came outside to a thick wall of reporters and cameras who recorded every jubilant smile as they held a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony on the courthouse steps.
They returned to the courthouse again on Friday the 13th - Freedom to Marry Day - to renew their vows and to urge the California Supreme Court justices to invalidate Prop 8, the constitutional amendment passed by a slim majority last November that stripped marriage equality from the California Constitution.
