Goin’ to the chapel: Same-sex marriage in Calif.
Posted on June 27, 2008
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It has been over a week since California started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and the demand has remained steady throughout the state.
All 58 California counties started officially issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples on June 17, a little over a month since the state’s highest court made a ground-breaking ruling that lifted California’s same-sex marriage ban. Gay and lesbian couples all across the state and country have taken advantage of California becoming the second state in the U.S. to legalize gay marriage. Massachusettes is the only other state that has legalized same-sex marriage. Since June 17, there has been a steady demand for marriage licenses.
The L.A. Times reported that in the first week of legalizing gay marriages, over 6,300 couples—both gay and straight—have been issued marriage licenses, which is twice the average number for this time in June. On June 17 alone, the day gay marriage officially became legal in California, over 2,700 couples received marriage licenses. Normally, under 500 are issued on that particular day, reported the L.A. Times.
Counties across California saw large increases in the number of licenses issues, including Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Fresno and Redding.
Goin’ to the chapel: Same-sex marriage in Calif.
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