Gay marriage legal in California (11 images)

A newly married couple shows off their wedding rings in front of City Hall in San Francisco on June 17, 2008. City Hall has become a non-stop marriage machine as gay weddings are now legal in California. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)

A couple to be married ascends the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on June 17, 2008. City Hall has become a non-stop marriage machine as gay weddings are now legal in California. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)

A newly married couple descends the front steps of City Hall in San Francisco on June 17, 2008. City Hall has become a non-stop marriage machine as gay weddings are now legal in California. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)

Nine year old Mitchell Edwards along with his mother, protested gay weddings outside the San Diego County Administration Building on the first full day of legal marriage for California same-sex couples, June 17, 2008 in San Diego. (UPI Photo/Earl S.Cryer)