"Oh my God, it was surreal! Mehl told LGBTQ Nation of the City Hall wedding frenzy. From walking through the protesters, to going inside, getting in the queue... Employees were trying to move people through quickly as they knew the city would be stopped from performing wedding ceremonies any minute."
"We didn't have a witness. Mehl said. I saw a nice young lady observing what was going on. She worked for Liberty Tax and was wearing a Statue of Liberty costume. I thought that was incredibly appropriate, and asked her to be our witness, which she happily accepted."
"We received our marriage license fee back in the mail. I was mad, sad, frustrated. I just wanted to protect Lori if something should happen to me. So the once-married couple ran out at our respective lunchtimes to go dress shopping ahead of a second wedding weekend. We did tell some friends, and they joined us as witnesses."
A lawyer from Washington state living in Spain described three same-sex weddings over the last 20 years. The first occurred in 2004 in San Francisco during a brief period when the city began issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples after a mayoral declaration. The district attorney at the time agreed, and the ceremony happened amid crowds and protesters, with city employees moving couples through quickly. The couple lacked a witness, so they asked a woman observing the process to serve as a witness. A second wedding took place in 2013 after the Defense of Marriage Act was overturned shortly before Seattle Pride, following frustration that the earlier marriage had been nullified. Friends joined as witnesses for the renewed ceremony.
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