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Same-sex couple, Phyllis Lyon (standing) Del Martin (in wheelchair) approaching wedding cake in San Francisco City Hall, accompanied by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom UPSOUND: applause and cheering  2. Close...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSan Francisco, California\u003cbr/\u003e1. Same-sex couple, Phyllis Lyon (standing) Del Martin (in wheelchair) approaching wedding cake in San Francisco City Hall, accompanied by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom UPSOUND: applause and cheering  \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of picture of couple on top of wedding cake \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNBITE (English) Phyllis Lyon, Just Married: \u003cbr/\u003e\"When we first got together, we weren't thinking about getting married, we were just thinking about getting together. But I think it's a wonderful day.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e4. ++STILLS++ Various photos of gay couples getting married  \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Today we can confidently say is the first day in the state of California that we are providing marriage equally and fairly to everyone. Denying no one their right and their opportunity to live their lives out loud.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close of Newsom\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of Newsom with Lyon and Martin \u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of couple \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Kendall, from the National Centre for Lesbian Rights: \u003cbr/\u003e\"History has been made of the most profound kind. The kind of history that historians write about and that being alive for is the greatest privilege possible.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of anti-gay marriage protest in front of San Francisco City Hall  \u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of signs with anti-gay messages and slogans being held up by protesters \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNBITE (English) Luong Do, Anti-gay marriage protester: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Homosexual, bisexual love is evil. It is perverted, it is cursed by God.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of anti-gay marriage protest  \u003cbr/\u003eBeverly Hills, California\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide exterior of courthouse \u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of courthouse sign\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of same sex couple, Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, exiting courthouse surrounded by media \u003cbr/\u003e17. Olson signing marriage licence \u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of hand signing licence \u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of Olson and Tyler's marriage ceremony \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close of Rabbi performing ceremony, pan to Olson and Tyler kissing at end of ceremony UPSOUND: applause and cheering  \u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (English) Robin Tyler, Just Married: \u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, love always wins. We'll win. The anti-gay hate industry will not defeat us. When people see us getting married and how much we love each other they'll know that its not threatening to them.\" \u003cbr/\u003e22. Olson and Tyler performing the traditional Jewish wedding ritual of breaking the glass UPSOUND: applause and cheering  \u003cbr/\u003eDozens of gay couples were married on Monday night in California after the state became the second in the United States to allow same-sex marriage. \u003cbr/\u003eThe May 15 California Supreme Court order overturning bans on same-sex marriage became final at 5:01 p.m. local time (0001 GMT on Tuesday).\u003cbr/\u003eAt least five county clerks around the state extended their hours to accommodate couples or to mark the historic occasion - as gay couples from across the nation headed west to wed, with many choosing to exchange vows on the spot. \u003cbr/\u003eThe big rush to the altar was expected on Tuesday, when most counties planned to start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. \u003cbr/\u003eHundreds, perhaps thousands, of couples nationwide are expected to seize the opportunity to make their unions official in the eyes of the law.\u003cbr/\u003eSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who helped launch the series of lawsuits that led the court to strike down California's one-man-one-woman marriage laws and officiated the first same-sex wedding in the city, presided at the wedding of 87-year-old Del Martin and 83-year-old Phyllis Lyon.\u003cbr/\u003eNewsom picked the couple for the only ceremony on Monday in City Hall to recognise their 55-year relationship and their status as pioneers of the gay rights movement. \u003cbr/\u003e\"When we first got together, we weren't thinking about getting married, we were just thinking about getting together,\" Lyon said. \u003cbr/\u003eMore than 650 same-sex couples have made appointments to get marriage licenses in San Francisco before the end of the month.\u003cbr/\u003eMartin sat in her wheelchair during the brief ceremony in the mayor's office, which was open to a few elected officials, friends, relatives and reporters. \u003cbr/\u003eAfter Newsom pronounced her and Lyon \"spouses for life,\" the couple kissed, drawing huge applause.\u003cbr/\u003eAs a printer churned out a license with spaces for \"Party A\" and \"Party B\" where \"bride\" and \"groom\" used to be, Newsom called officiating the wedding an \"extraordinary and humbling gift.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Today we can confidently say is the first day in the state of California that we are providing marriage equally and fairly to everyone,\" said the mayor following the ceremony. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever the celebrations were tempered by the reality that in a few months, Californians will go to the ballot box to vote on an initiative that could overturn the high court ruling and once again ban gay marriage.\u003cbr/\u003eGroups that oppose same-sex marriage have pursued several legal avenues to stop the weddings, including asking the California Supreme Court to postpone its decision until after the November initiative. \u003cbr/\u003eThe high court denied that request.\u003cbr/\u003eJust hours before the ruling went into effect on Monday a conservative legal group asked a Sacramento court to order the California agency that oversees marriages to stop issuing gender-neutral marriage licenses. \u003cbr/\u003eA hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.\u003cbr/\u003eThree lawmakers and a small group of other same-sex opponents gathered outside the Capitol to criticise the Supreme Court decision. \u003cbr/\u003eThey urged voters to approve the ballot measure.\u003cbr/\u003eOpponents also gathered outside San Francisco City Hall holding signs with anti-gay messages and slogans. \u003cbr/\u003eBut many, like Robin Tyler, who married partner Diane Olson in Beverly Hills on Monday, remained optimistic.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, love always wins,\" she said after her wedding ceremony. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The anti-gay hate industry will not defeat us. When people see us getting married and how much we love each other they'll know that its not threatening to them,\" she added. \u003cbr/\u003eTyler and Olson, who were also plaintiffs in the litigation, were among the first to get married on Monday. The couple exchanged vows in a Jewish ceremony outside the Beverly Hills courthouse.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's absolute joy,\" Olson told reporters after the ceremony. \u003cbr/\u003eA UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) study issued last week estimated that half of California's more than 100-thousand same-sex couples will get married over the next three years, and 68-thousand more out-of-state couples will travel to the stare to exchange vows.\u003cbr/\u003eUnlike Massachusetts, which legalised gay marriage in 2004, California has no residency requirement for marriage licenses, and that is expected to draw a great number of out-of-state couples. \u003cbr/\u003eThe turnout could also be boosted by New York state's recent announcement that it will recognise gay marriages performed in other jurisdictions.\u003cbr/\u003eSome of those out-of-state couples are likely to demand legal recognition in their home states, setting the stage for numerous court 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