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IB in ^aiitorma gay marriage case wed after appeals court lifts holdSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban tied the knot Friday, just hours after a federal appeals court freed gay couples to obtain marriage licenses in the state for the first time in 4 : years.Attorney General Kama]a Harris presided at the San Francisco City Hall wedding of Kris Perry and Sandy Stier as hundreds of supporters looked on and cheered. The couple sued to overturn the state's voter-approved gay marriage ban along with Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, who married at Los Angeles City Hall 90 minutes later with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa presiding.“By joining the case against Proposition 8, they represented thousands of couples like themselves in their fight for marriage equality,” Harris said during Slier and Perry ’s brief ceremony. “Through the ups and downs, the struggles and the triumphs, they came out victorious.”Kris Perry (left) and Sandy Stier wave after they were married at City Hall in San Francisco 0OHarris declared Perry, 48, and Stier, 50, “spouses for life,” but during their vows, the Berkeley couple took each other as “law fully wedded wife.” One of their tw in sons served as ring-bearer.Although the couples fought for the right to wed for years, their nuptials came together in a flurry■ See GAY, 7A
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Oroville Mercury Register
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Sun, Jun 29, 2003
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