Dozens of Gay and Lesbian Couples Marry in California

Hundreds of marriages are expected to take place in the coming days following the California Supreme Court’s historic May 15 decision that struck down laws excluding gay and lesbian couples from the right to marry. The court ruled that such laws were unconstitutional.

California is now the second state, after Massachusetts, to legalize same-sex marriage.

But anti-gay marriage groups have already mobilized challenges to the legalization. A simple majority voting for a measure on the state ballot this November called the “California Marriage Amendment” could overturn the court decision. The amendment defines marriage as “between a man and a woman.”

But that isn’t stopping California’s queer couples who want to get hitched.

Linda Martinez and Regina Rodriguez are a Los Angeles couple who have been together for 9 years. They are getting married this Friday live on Pacifica Radio station KPFK on the show Uprising Radio. Linda and Regina join me now from Los Angeles.

Linda Martinez and Regina Rodriguez, getting married on live radio Friday morning on KPFK show Uprising