Gay marriages in California surpass those in Massachusetts
An estimated 11,000 couples have wed in the Golden State in the first three months since such unions were legalized, a study finds.
By Jessica Garrison and Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
October 7, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-gaymarriage7-2008oct07,0,5426689.story

More gay couples were married in California in the first three months that same-sex marriages were legal than were married in the first four years it was legal in Massachusetts, according to a new study.

The data, released Monday by UCLA's Williams Institute, found that an estimated 11,000 same-sex couples were married in California from June 17, when the California Supreme Court began allowing the weddings, to Sept. 17.