Octogenarians Del Martin (L) and Phyllis Lyon (R) participate in the first legal same-sex marriage ceremony at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, California in this June 16, 2008 file photograph. Martin, a Lesbian activist died on August 27, 2008 at the UCSF hospice in San Francisco with her spouse Lyon at her side according to the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
(Marcio Jose Sanchez/Pool/Files/Reuters)