Dozens of same-gender couples are expected to line up at the Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder's Office Tuesday to receive marriage licenses, and Supervisor Ken Yeager will be presiding over ceremonies for those ready to tie the knot.
Yeager, the first openly gay representative elected to the County Board of Supervisors, has been commissioned to perform marriages, including same-gender marriages that were declared legal by the California Supreme Court May 15.
"The word 'marriage' and all the celebration, love and harmony that comes with it was one of the last rights denied to same-gender couples in Santa Clara County and throughout the state," Yeager said. "But with the court's recent ruling, all residents can enjoy the freedom to marry the person they love."
Yeager will preside over the first two same-gender couples to be married in Santa Clara County during a 9 a.m. ceremony in his office. Mountain View residents Richard and David Speakman and San Jose residents Ronni Pahl and Hannah Davis will tie the knot first thing in the morning.
"It is my pleasure to share in this joyous and historic occasion," Yeager said. "Very few people even dreamed that this day would arrive, but now thousands of same-gender couples can have their unions recognized with the same validity as other married couples."
Supervisor Ken Yeager to officiate over first same-gender ... Gilroy Dispatch
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