The emotional toll of a court's decision NEARLY WEDS: Couples who just mis

[kayell]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/13/MNGHN5K4A91.DTL

San Francisco City Hall was transformed Friday -- from makeshift wedding chapel to which thousands of same-sex couples have flocked back to municipal building.

Flowers and photographers and the giddy racket of newlyweds and supporters gave way to the humdrum of business almost as usual. There was virtually no line for marriage license applications in the clerk's office. The building's grand staircase -- where huge crowds had watched and cheered and exchanged vows -- was deserted most of the day. Visitors could hear their own footsteps in the rotunda.

"It's an atmosphere of sadness and anger," said Reed Singer, 40, who had expected to be married Friday and showed up with her partner despite the news of the California Supreme Court's decision to halt the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. "It does feel empty."

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Sanchez cried intermittently as she spoke. "It's hard when you see heterosexual couples getting married," she said. "I'm not a second-class citizen. I pay taxes, I raised my kids, I have a good job, and the country doesn't support me, because I'm gay."

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[Dogmudgeon]

1. More Republican voters! -- NOT

Hearts and Minds, Karl, Hearts and Minds.

--bkl

[stevedeshazer]

2. Sad, thanks for posting n/t

[rustydog]

3. My co-worker flew down to SF for a Monday Ceremony

The supreme court stopped this before they left on Friday.
I am so upset for her. She is a great person that I have the utmost respect for and genuinely like.
Gay, straight, homophobe, whatever. We are all human beings, we all have been accorded the same rights by the Constitution.

God damn, I hate these friggin homophobic Christian fundamentalists shoving their fucked-up beliefs down the country's throat.