Wedding bells chime for California same-sex couples
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/16/samesex.marriage/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
6/16/2008
"Lesbian rights activists Del Martin, 87, and Phyllis Lyon, 84, were the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in San Francisco on Monday, with Mayor Gavin Newsom presiding over their wedding ceremony."