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Same-sex weddings after Supreme Court rulings

Updated 9:59 AM EDT, Tue July 2, 2013
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Andrea Taylor, left, and Sallee Taylor kiss during their wedding in West Hollywood, California, on Monday, July 1, as Sallee Taylor's daughter Grace Meier, right, looks on. The city of West Hollywood offered civil marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples free of charge Monday.
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Andrea Taylor, left, and Sallee Taylor kiss during their wedding in West Hollywood, California, on Monday, July 1, as Sallee Taylor's daughter Grace Meier, right, looks on. The city of West Hollywood offered civil marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples free of charge Monday.
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City officials who will perform same-sex marriages are sworn in before conducting wedding ceremonies in West Hollywood on July 1.
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City officials who will perform same-sex marriages are sworn in before conducting wedding ceremonies in West Hollywood on July 1.
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Jose Guerrero, left, and Patrick Rodriguez chat before their wedding ceremony in West Hollywood on July 1.
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Jose Guerrero, left, and Patrick Rodriguez chat before their wedding ceremony in West Hollywood on July 1.
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Same-sex couples kiss on the steps of the the Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana, California, on July 1.
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Same-sex couples kiss on the steps of the the Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana, California, on July 1.
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Naomi Hendrix, right, and Rio Waller exchange wedding vows in a small garden across from the Fresno County Clerk's office in California on June 1.
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Naomi Hendrix, right, and Rio Waller exchange wedding vows in a small garden across from the Fresno County Clerk's office in California on June 1.
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Naomi Hendrix, right, and Rio Waller kiss right after they are pronounced married in Fresno on June 1.
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Naomi Hendrix, right, and Rio Waller kiss right after they are pronounced married in Fresno on June 1.
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Faith Kassan, left, and her partner, Jennifer Ehrman, kiss before their wedding ceremony in West Hollywood on July 1.
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Faith Kassan, left, and her partner, Jennifer Ehrman, kiss before their wedding ceremony in West Hollywood on July 1.
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Cynthia Wides, right, and Elizabeth Carey file for a marriage certificate at City Hall in San Francisco on Saturday,  June 29.
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Cynthia Wides, right, and Elizabeth Carey file for a marriage certificate at City Hall in San Francisco on Saturday, June 29.
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Diane Meier, left, and Julie Thompson walk down the grand staircase at San Francisco City Hall after getting married on June 29.
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Diane Meier, left, and Julie Thompson walk down the grand staircase at San Francisco City Hall after getting married on June 29.
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Ky Choi, left, and Ashlee Meyer kiss before getting married on June 29.
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Ky Choi, left, and Ashlee Meyer kiss before getting married on June 29.
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Sandy Stier, left, exchanges wedding vows with Kris Perry during a ceremony presided over by California Attorney General Kamala Harris at City Hall in San Francisco on Friday, June 28. Stier and Perry were two of the four lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban.
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Sandy Stier, left, exchanges wedding vows with Kris Perry during a ceremony presided over by California Attorney General Kamala Harris at City Hall in San Francisco on Friday, June 28. Stier and Perry were two of the four lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban.
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A couple come out of City Hall after obtaining their marriage license in San Francisco on Friday, June 28.
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A couple come out of City Hall after obtaining their marriage license in San Francisco on Friday, June 28.
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A chorus sings for newlyweds at City Hall in San Francisco on June 28.
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A chorus sings for newlyweds at City Hall in San Francisco on June 28.
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Jeff Zarillo, left, and Paul Katami, plaintiffs in the California case against Proposition 8, react after they are married by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Los Angeles City Hall on June 28.
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Jeff Zarillo, left, and Paul Katami, plaintiffs in the California case against Proposition 8, react after they are married by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Los Angeles City Hall on June 28.
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Couples fill out license applications as they wait in line at the San Francisco City Hall on June 28.
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Couples fill out license applications as they wait in line at the San Francisco City Hall on June 28.
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Stefanie Berks, left, touches her pregnant partner, Daisy Boyd, before their marriage at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau in New York on June 28.
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Stefanie Berks, left, touches her pregnant partner, Daisy Boyd, before their marriage at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau in New York on June 28.
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Jen Rainin, left, laughs as her wife, Frances Stevens, holds up their dog, Punum, after they were married in San Fransisco on June 28.
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Jen Rainin, left, laughs as her wife, Frances Stevens, holds up their dog, Punum, after they were married in San Fransisco on June 28.
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Jeff Foote, left, and Cosgrove Norstadt kiss during their wedding on San Francisco on June 28.
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Jeff Foote, left, and Cosgrove Norstadt kiss during their wedding on San Francisco on June 28.
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Stefanie Berks, center, and Daisy Boyd, right, view their marriage certificate with a friend after their ceremony in the east chapel at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau on June 28.
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Stefanie Berks, center, and Daisy Boyd, right, view their marriage certificate with a friend after their ceremony in the east chapel at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau on June 28.
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Suzanne Hufft, left, and Val Robb exchange vows as they are married at San Francisco City Hall on June 28.
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Suzanne Hufft, left, and Val Robb exchange vows as they are married at San Francisco City Hall on June 28.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shyla Smith, right, and Courtney Burdeshaw hold hands in the west chapel during their wedding ceremony at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau on Thursday, June 27.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shyla Smith, right, and Courtney Burdeshaw hold hands in the west chapel during their wedding ceremony at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau on Thursday, June 27.
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Smith and Burdeshaw hold hands while waiting to get married at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau on June 27.
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Smith and Burdeshaw hold hands while waiting to get married at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau on June 27.
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