san francisco is awesome

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Gavin Newsom's started something really, really cool:

Demand for same-sex marriage licenses has been so great that on Sunday officials here turned away hundreds of gay and lesbian couples lined up outside City Hall, saying they simply didn't have the time or resources to meet all the requests.

San Francisco authorities calculated they could process 400 licenses during special weekend hours -- but had already given numbers to 320 couples which first came Saturday to get married. After quickly distributing another 80 numbers Sunday morning, disappointed couples lined up around the block were asked to return Monday.

"We're at capacity right now," said Mabel Teng, the official who oversees marriage licenses for city government. "We normally do about 20-30 couples a day. We're doing about 50-60 an hour."

I am so psyched about San Francisco forcing the issue in such a dramatic fashion! There's no turning back now...I hope this ends up being the Rosa Parks moment of the gay rights movement.

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It is excellent news, and I do hope that whatever court it ends up in (would it be state or Supreme?) finds in favour of same-sex marriage.

The only thing that worries me is that if same-sex marriage becomes legally binding in the UK, I have a LOT of very expensive wedding-presents to buy.