SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Love was within the air this Valentine’s Day as 250 {couples} obtained married at San Francisco Metropolis Corridor on Friday.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie officiated his first weddings since taking workplace. He mentioned that he was honored to marry {couples} on such a particular weekend for the town.
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“Love is in the air,” mentioned Mayor Lurie. “I was thinking Lunar New Year Parade, NBA All-Star weekend and now we’ve got 250 weddings here today. It’s just a great weekend. There are great vibes here in San Francisco.”
The Workplace of the County Clerk usually officiates about 28 Metropolis Corridor weddings on a typical day.
It has additionally now been 21 years because the so-called “Winter of Love,” lengthy earlier than similar marriage was legalized throughout the U.S. It was a practice for queer activists to go to San Francisco Metropolis Corridor on Valentine’s Day to request marriage licenses. They knew they’d be shut down, however in 2004 it labored. The then-mayor, Gavin Newsom, approved the County Clerk to problem marriage licenses to the {couples}. They lasted for a month earlier than The California Supreme Courtroom invalidated all of the same-sex marriage licenses.
KRON4 spoke with John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney, one of many {couples} that obtained married that day.
“We really believe in the end that the marriages from San Francisco City Hall were a beacon of hope to the country and really the entire world that love will prevail,” mentioned Lewis. “That’s the message we take from legally being married now for many years, and it fortifies us for any struggles we have yet to come.”
John and Stuart have been collectively now for 38 years.
