this photo made me tear up

[lapsedmodernist]

Del Martin, 87, center left, and Phyllis Lyon, 84, center right, are married by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom , center, in a special ceremony at City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, June 16, 2008. Also pictured are the couple's witnesses, Roberta Achtenberg, left, and Donna Hitchens. Lyon and Martin became the first officially married same sex couple after California's Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal.
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, Pool)

Comments

[londontheory.livejournal.com]

that's an amazing photo!!

[msmsgirl.livejournal.com]

most beautiful wedding photo EVER

[amberskyfire.livejournal.com]

OH! That is so wonderful :)

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

thank you! they are so beautiful :)

[the-macnab.livejournal.com]

When Denmark became the first country to recognize civil unions in 1989, Axel and Eigil Axgil were the first couple to wed under it:




They'd been together since 1948. Do we notice a theme?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I love this photo!

[netochka.livejournal.com]

"Axgil," love it! Thanks, both of you for this info!

[dg76.livejournal.com]

wow, good for them!

[flintultrasparc.livejournal.com]

Despite my opposition to the institution of marriage, I must admit that this makes me a bit weepy.

[goddessspiral.livejournal.com]

makes me want to cry with joy to see these two beautiful women finally get married!!! :)