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June 15, 2008

Newsom Offers To Staff Butte, Kern County Weddings

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he would go to Butte or Kern County himself to marry gay and lesbian couples, if those counties truly do not have enough staff to perform same-sex ceremonies next week.

Plenty of Bay Area counties are fine-tuning their plans for next week's historic wedding day. However, the clerks of Kern and Butte counties have said they won't perform any weddings next week, because they are not equipped for the legalization of gay marriage.

Sames-sex couples can marry in California beginning at 5 p.m. Monday. However, Kern County hasn't updated its marriage procedures yet, to make its process gender-neutral. Newsom Offers To Staff Butte, Kern County Weddings
CBS 5, CA 

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