Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
mauriposa
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/14/05
#1Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/16/08 at 9:54pm
I'm kind of surprised no one else has posted this already. Hopefully, this time in California, their marriage will be for keeps.
SAN FRANCISCO - A lesbian couple in their 80s were among the first same-sex partners planning to legally marry in San Francisco, after a half-century together.
They will be one of the first same-sex couples to legally exchange marriage vows in California. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was planning to officiate at the private ceremony in his City Hall office before 50 invited guests on Monday.
Phyllis Lyon, 84, and Del Martin, 87, fell in love at a time when lesbians risked being arrested, fired from their jobs and sent to electroshock treatment.
"It was something you wanted to know, 'Is it really going to happen?' And now it's happened, and maybe it can continue to happen," Lyon said.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080616/world/gay_marriage
And an update: http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1629533520080617
#2re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:15pm
YES! YES! YES!
This is BETTER than the Tonys!
What great ones do the less will prattle of
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#2re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:00pmI wish them all of the happiness their hearts can hold.
#3re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:09pmWhat an event. Tomorrow will possibly be crazier. I almost went down there after work to just take a look at the crowds. Kinda wished I had, but I was too exhausted.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#4re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:31pmWhy are they rushing into this? Haven't they thought about this? Marriage is a pretty big step, you know!
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#5re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:06am
(lol cf)
What a sweet story! Wishing them all the best.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#6re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:24amNice story, 55 years - my parents have been married that long! Congrats to both couples!
#7re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:43amAwww, bless em.
#8re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 3:07amSo wonderful!
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#9re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 4:44amI call a standing ovation for California.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
#10re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 8:09pmfabulous crazy madness!
Omg how freakin HAlarious is Clinton Kelly from WNTW????
#11re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 10:50pmthis really is fabulousness im so excited that people are finally deciding that others can not be the pleasentville-picture perfect person and still ive happy normal lives and be respected by people and the government
Omg how freakin HAlarious is Clinton Kelly from WNTW????
SNLMedia
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#12re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:03pmI saw this in the paper this afternoon. It's very touching and a huge victory for CA.
"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball
#13re: Lesbian couple of 55 years among first to wed in California
Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:23pm
I took these today.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
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