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Gay Couples Marry in Calif.

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• June 16: Robin Tyler, left, and Diane Olson celebrate their wedding under a chuppah, a Jewish bridal canopy, on the steps of Beverly Hills Courthouse, in the Beverly Hills section of Los Angeles. Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a historic ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect.
• June 16: Shelly Bailes, right, and Ellen Pontac, left, hold each other's hands as Yolo County Clerk/Recorder Freddie Oakley performs their wedding ceremony at her office in Woodland, Calif. Bailes and Pontac were the first gay couple to wed in Yolo County after California's Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal.
• June 16: Akemi Hamai, from left, daughter Maya, 10, partner Amy Haruyama and daughter Anna, 6, look to friends in the balcony of the Oakland city council chambers during the first same-sex marriages under California law.
• June 16: A crush of media documents the wedding of partners Amy Haruyama, facing, and Akemi Hamai by Oakland, Calif., Mayor Ron Dellums, left, during the first group of same-sex marriages under California law.
• June 16: Oakland, Calif., Mayor Ron Dellums, left, and Calif. Rep. Barbara Lee, second from right, watch as Samee Roberts, center, and partner Karen Boyd-Roberts and 20-month-old son Quinn wave their newly-acquired marriage license during the first group of same-sex marriages under California law.
• June 16: A demonstrator carries a sign protesting gay marriages behind a wedding cake at the Beverly Hills Municipal Court. Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a historic ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect.
• June 16: Jeff Barr, left, and Wes Wilkinson hold hands during their wedding ceremony at the Yolo County Clerk/Recorder's office in Woodland, Calif. Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a landmark ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect.
• June 16: Surrounded by photographers, Robin Tyler, left, and Diane Olson hug after their same-sex wedding on the steps of Beverly Hills Courthouse, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a historic ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect.
• June 16: Anti-gay protestor Regi Meadows, left, argues with pro-gay marriage George Simmons, right, outside city hall as lesbian rights pioneers Del Martin, and Phyllis Lyon, who have been together for more than half a century, were getting married inside City Hall in San Francisco. They were one of the first same-sex couples in California to marry when the state Supreme Court's decision officially took effect after 5 p.m.
• June 16: Crowds gather in front of City Hall as the first same-sex couple was legally married by Mayor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco, Monday. Couples readied their formal wear, local licensing clerks expanded their office hours and religious conservatives warned of a backlash as California became the second U.S. state to sanction same-sex marriages.
• June 16: Crowds cheer as two men embrace each other on the steps of City Hall after the first same-sex couple was legally married by Mayor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco. Couples readied their formal wear, local licensing clerks expanded their office hours and religious conservatives warned of a backlash as California became the second U.S. state to sanction same-sex marriages.
• June 16: Protestors hold signs outside City Hall during the wedding ceremony of Del Martin, and Phyllis Lyon in San Francisco. The pair become the first same-sex couple in San Francisco, and perhaps in all of California, to marry when the state's Supreme Court's decision officially took effect just after 5 p.m.