'Gay marriage mayor' Newsom remembers Del Martin at DNCC caucus

At the DNC LGBT Caucus Meeting at the Colorado Convention Center this afternoon, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom remembered Del Martin, one of California's inaugural lesbian brides, who passed away this morning. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, co-founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, were "that human face," as Newsom called them, on the lawsuits that arose from his 2004 move to order San Francisco's City Hall to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, earning him the nickname "the gay marriage mayor." The first marriage license, issued on February 12, 2004, was voided by the California Supreme Court on August 12, 2004. Full story...