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- San_Francisco_2004_same-sex_weddings abstract "The San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings took place between February 12 and March 11, 2004. Newly elected San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom gained international attention and attracted controversy when he issued a directive to the city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Newsom asserted the California Constitution's equal protection clause gave him authority to grant same-sex marriage licenses. Newsom claimed that he was inspired to allow same-sex marriages after hearing President Bush's State of the Union address, in which he proposed outlawing such marriages nationwide by constitutional amendment. A couple of months earlier, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts had issued an order for same-sex marriages to begin in that state in May 2004.On February 20, 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered state Attorney General Bill Lockyer in writing to "obtain a definitive judicial resolution" of the controversy. Lockyer responded saying that he had not taken a stance on the issue, that the letter did not specifically direct Lockyer to sue San Francisco, and that he did not "personally support policies that give lesser legal rights and responsibilities to committed same-sex couples." The weddings were halted by the California Supreme Court on March 11, by which time about 4,000 same-sex couples had been issued marriage licenses. Lawsuits were brought against San Francisco by Lockyer and by the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based fund representing plaintiffs Barbara Lewis, Charles McIlhenny, and Edward Mei. On August 12, 2004, the California Supreme Court voided all of the licenses.As a result, the weddings led directly to the landmark In re Marriage Cases ruling by the California Supreme Court in 2008, legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the state, followed by Proposition 8 later that year, forbidding same-sex marriages, and a new case seeking the overturn of Proposition 8, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, later Perry v. Brown, then Hollingsworth v. Perry, which was heard by the U. S. Supreme Court on March 26, 2013 and ended Proposition 8 in a 5-4 decision.Professional photographs of many of the couples were compiled in an exhibition, "The Photographer's Eye," which premiered in San Francisco before touring the country.[citation needed] An award-winning documentary film, Pursuit of Equality, chronicles the issue.".
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- San_Francisco_2004_same-sex_weddings comment "The San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings took place between February 12 and March 11, 2004. Newly elected San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom gained international attention and attracted controversy when he issued a directive to the city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Newsom asserted the California Constitution's equal protection clause gave him authority to grant same-sex marriage licenses.".
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