Gay Marriage in California !!

As many of you already know, the United States Supreme Court overturned Prop.8:

"Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment passed in the November 2008 California state elections. The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance of^[2] the California Supreme Court's May 2008 appeal ruling, In re Marriage Cases, which found the previous attempt to ban same-sex marriage (Proposition 22, 2000) unconstitutional. Proposition 8 was also ultimately ruled unconstitutional by a federal court (on different grounds) in 2010, although only confirmed on June 26, 2013 following the conclusion of proponents' appeals" - Wikipedia

and the U.S. Supreme Court also overturned DOMA:

"The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (Pub.L. 104–199, 110 Stat. 2419, enacted September 21, 1996, 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C) is a United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. Until Section 3 of the Act was ruled unconstitutional in 2013, DOMA, in conjunction with other statutes, had also effectively barred same-sex married couples from being recognized as "spouses" for purposes of federal laws, or receiving federal marriage benefits" - Wikipedia


So this now means Gay couples can legally wed in the state of California and are entitled to federal benefits nationwide.

This was such a momentous and historical occasion that I was compelled to march in this years San Francisco Gay Pride Parade and share my happiness, so here you go:

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