Phyllis Lyon (left) and Del Martin, lesbian activists who have been together for 51 years, embrace after their marriage ceremony at San Francisco City Hall.
That picture is from 2004, when Lyon and Martin were illegally married by San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom. Today at 5:01pm, they will be the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the state of California.
Congratulations to them, and to all the other couples today and hereafter who will be afforded the basic right to marry the person they love, regardless of gender.