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Photo from this morning's New York Times -- David and I look on while Michael and Michael tie the knot

"...“We’re here in case of what happens tomorrow,” said Michael Levy, who married his partner, Michael Golden, here on Monday. They wore identical tuxedo jackets, ties and beards.

“I’m scared,” Mr. Levy said. “It’s really close....”


...Paul Ellis, 51, a retail manager in San Francisco, was at City Hall on Monday to witness Mr. Golden and Mr. Levy’s wedding. It was Mr. Ellis’s seventh same-sex marriage in the last five months, he said, attending most of them in the tartan kilt he wore on a muggy Monday, which he regretted.

“You wouldn’t want to wrap six yards of cloth around your hips on a day like this,” he said.

Mr. Ellis had also taken matters into his own hands, getting an online certification as a marriage officiate and presiding over two ceremonies for other gay friends — all ahead of Tuesday’s election.

“At this point,” he said of the ballot measure’s fate, “I think it’s a complete crapshoot...”


Full New York Times Article: In California Cities, California Same-Sex Couples Race to Beat Ballot

Date: 2008-11-04 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gorkabear.livejournal.com
Simply beautiful :)
I hope our hopes for today come true
Give kisses to the grooms!

Date: 2008-11-04 03:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kent4str.livejournal.com
Way to hide your face! Couldn't have done it better if you'd tried.

Date: 2008-11-04 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lbbuzz.livejournal.com
That is such a sweet picture! You can really see love in it!

Got me all squishy!

Date: 2008-11-04 03:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
well this moment was hardly about me. :) and it's a fabulous shot of the boys - and the adorable Dr. Goldberg!

Date: 2008-11-04 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] major7.livejournal.com
I sincerely hope for your friends, and for all the others, that they enjoy that right today, tomorrow, and for many years to come.

Date: 2008-11-04 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com
Robert - Thank you for sharing this ... it's wonderful.

Date: 2008-11-05 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] surewood31.livejournal.com
Did David forget his blocking??? Totally upstaging you. Why didn't you counter left?

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