Four years ago in February, San Francisco City Hall was a chapel of love. Mayor Gavin Newsom had announced that — a 2000 voter-approved initiative that limited marriage to heterosexual couples notwithstanding — San Francisco would allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. More than 4,000 same-sex couples obtained licenses that would allow them to pronounce, "I do."

First they had to sign an application with a disclaimer that the nuptials may not be recognized elsewher ...

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