* 2004 – The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Although his parents did not officially divorce until 1999, their marriage was in serious trouble throughout Walker's adolescence ; his father would often leave their Marin residence for extended periods to live in San Francisco with a male lover.

Soon after their marriage on June 15, 1862, the couple moved to San Francisco, California, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst, on April 29, 1863.

Nevertheless, he paid a dowry of twelve thousand pounds for her impending marriage to Don Francisco de Moncada, son of the Prince of Paterno, Viceroy of Sicily, whom she married in 1571.

* February 12 – San Francisco, California, begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in an act of civil disobedience.

On February 18, 2004 Daley said he would have " no problem " with Cook County issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, but stopped short of saying he would follow San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom by having the City of Chicago issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, saying only the county clerk's office can issue marriage licenses.

According to Tell, at the beginning of their marriage, in San Francisco, Heather had a bad experience on LSD.

They were married on June 16, 2008 in the first same-sex wedding to take place in San Francisco after the California Supreme Court's decision in In re Marriage Cases legalized same-sex marriage in California.

By 1918, Lane's marriage was officially ended and she had quit her job with the San Francisco Bulletin to launch a career as a freelance writer.

Outside his marriage, Francisco Morazán fathered a son, Francisco Morazán Moncada, who was born on October 4, 1827 to Francisca Moncada, daughter of a well known Nicaraguan politician named Liberato Moncada.

* The Duke de Medinaceli forces Francisco de Quevedo into a short-lived marriage with Doña Esperanza de Aragón.

Civil same-sex marriage ceremony being performed in San Francisco City Hall.

Rally for same-sex marriage ( May 2009, San Francisco, California )

After Angelou's marriage ended in 1954, she danced professionally in clubs around San Francisco, including the nightclub The Purple Onion, where she sang and danced calypso music.

From his first marriage, Mr. Perez de Cuellar has a son, ( Francisco, b. Paris ), and a daughter, Agueda Cristina ( b. London ).

** City officials in San Francisco, California, start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, performing the first known civil marriage of a same-sex couple in the U. S. by marrying a lesbian couple, gay rights activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon.

** Various conservative and other family groups, including the Campaign for California Families, plan to sue the mayor of San Francisco for violating California's marriage laws.

* Same-sex marriage in the United States: Officials at the city and county of San Francisco, California, turn away hundreds of would-be same-sex newlyweds after thousands of gay and lesbian couples show up to marry over the weekend.

** The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the decision of San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom, to express his opinion on same-sex marriage was because of George W. Bush's stance on the issue.

* Same-sex marriage in the United States: San Francisco Superior court Judge James L. Warner postpones any decision to block the city and county of San Francisco, California, from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to void the 2, 464 same-sex marriages that were performed in the city since February 12.

They both support the Shriners Hospitals and promote sociability, and membership in either organization is open to women 18 years of age and older who is related to a Shriner or Master Mason by birth, marriage or adoption.

The term of the States-Provincial and the municipal council is four years, unless formal law determines otherwise ( Subarticle 4 ) Law determines possible incompatibilities of function, and may determine that family ties, marriage or the commission of acts indicated by such law may lead to a loss of membership ( Subarticle 5 ).

The above taboo on marriage within one's abusua is sometimes ignored, but " clan membership " is still important, with many people still living in the abusua framework presented above.

The FLDS membership desired a remote location where they could practice plural marriage, which had been publicly abandoned by the LDS Church in 1890.

His marriage to Helen Moxon occurred on April 6, 1873, and in 1877 he was elected to the full membership of the Royal Academy.

The party supports the legalization of same-sex marriage in Sweden and Sweden's membership in the European Union.

In recent years, some of these teachings have fallen out of prominence by its membership and / or have continued to evolve with recent and ongoing studies, some available on their international website concerning: issues of marriage, outward adornment, and total abstinence of strong drink, and use of prescription drugs.

Once innovative, controversial and on the cutting edge of social change in the 1930s USA, in the early 21st century the movement as an institution is largely unknown and the membership has nearly dwindled to extinction because few new converts have joined and Peace Mission doctrine discourages marriage and sex when they do.

Much to Pozner's amusement this also technically invalidated, among other things, his membership in the CPSU, his marriage and divorce, propiska and his rank of lieutenant in the reserves.

In addition to committees requested by individuals, clearness committees are appointed by most meetings when a person applies for membership and when a couple seeks marriage under the care of the meeting.

The JACL was the first national civil rights membership organization to publicly and actively adopt this position, and it has continued to be in the forefront, advocating rights for same-sex marriage.

These changes in her status are demanded by a 1947 law that requires female members of the Imperial Family to relinquish their birth position, official membership in the Imperial Family, and allowance upon their marriage.

If members continue to practice plural marriage, they lose their church membership.

The above taboo on marriage within one's abusua is sometimes ignored, but " clan membership " is still important, with many people still living in the abusua framework presented above.

By marriage to Grand Prince Vladimir, Anna became Grand Princess of Kiev, but in practice, she was referred to as Queen or Czarina, probably as a sign of her membership of the Imperial Byzantine House.

Although he is undoubtedly a descendant of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, his claimed titles and official membership in the former Imperial House are disputed by those who maintain that his parents ' marriage violated the Laws of Imperial Russia.

Bent later became a " Cheyenne sub-chief ", as he was given tribal membership with his marriage to Owl Woman.

The membership records provided to ward and branch leaders normally do not contain information regarding past discipline ; however, a membership record is annotated when a person has been disciplined for incest, sexual or serious physical abuse of a child, plural marriage, an elective transsexual operation, repeated homosexual activities by adults, embezzlement of church funds or property, or other conduct that, in the church's view, " threatens the well being of other persons or of the Church.

Since the passage of the Act of Settlement, the most senior member of the Royal Family to have married a Roman Catholic, and thereby been removed from the line and later lines of succession, is Prince Michael of Kent, who married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in 1978 ; he was fifteenth in the lines of succession at the time of his marriage.

Soon after Purcell's marriage, in 1682, on the death of Edward Lowe, he was appointed organist of the Chapel Royal, an office which he was able to hold simultaneously with his position at Westminster Abbey.

His son Romano ( 1268 – 1327 ), called Romanello, was Royal Vicar of Rome in 1326, and inherited the countship of Soana through his marriage with Anastasia de Montfort, Countess of Nola.

Sophia was, at first, against the marriage of her son and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, looking down on Sophia Dorothea's mother ( who was not of Royal birth ) and concerned by Sophia Dorothea's legitimated status, but was eventually won over by the advantages inherent in the marriage.

Issues around the Royal succession ( including marriage and the succession rights of women ) became major political themes during the Tudor era.

Nevertheless, the Beauforts remained closely allied with Gaunt's legitimate descendants from his first marriage, the Royal House of Lancaster.

* January 25 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St. James's Palace, London.

The British Cabinet refused to approve the marriage, and newspapers reported that the marriage was " unthinkable " and " would fly in the face of Royal and Christian tradition ".

In the Kushiel novels ( a series, beginning with " Kushiel's Dart " Tor, 2001 ), by Jacqueline Carey, the " Dàlraida " of the Kingdom of Alba figure prominently in a Royal marriage and subsequent alliance with France ( known in the series as Terre d ' Ange ).

However her mother, Madeleine de la Tour d ' Auvergne, the Countess of Boulogne, was from one of the most prominent and ancient French noble families ; this prestigious maternal heritage was of benefit to her future marriage to a Royal Prince of France.

Members of the Royal Family belong to, either by birth or marriage, the House of Windsor, since 1917, when George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

The children of HRH The Princess Royal and of HRH Princess Alexandra have no titles, because Mark Phillips and Sir Angus Ogilvy did not accept hereditary peerages upon marriage.

Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was given the style Royal Highness before his marriage.

Lady Elizabeth was styled " Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York " after their marriage.

He had himself already secretly married Maria Fitzherbert ; however, his marriage to Fitzherbert violated the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and thus was not legally valid.

The story of Caroline's marriage to George and her battle to be recognized as queen consort served as the basis for the 1996 BBC docudrama A Royal Scandal with Susan Lynch as Caroline and Richard E. Grant as George IV.

Variations of morganatic marriage were also practised by non-European dynasties, such as the Royal Family of Thailand, the polygamous Mongols as to their non-principal wives, and other families of Africa and Asia.

In 1949, and again in 1999, various morganatic members of the Bavarian Royal House were recognised as princes and princesses of Bavaria, with the current head of the house, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, being among the beneficiaries of his father's ruling, having been born of a marriage deemed morganatic.

Controversy accompanied the marriage of his son Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich to Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhransky, a descendant of the Royal House of Georgia.

The Royal Marriages Act of 1772 made it illegal for all persons born into the British royal family to marry without the permission of the Sovereign, and any marriage contracted without the Sovereign ’ s consent was considered illegal and invalid.

Thus, upon marriage, the wife of The Prince of Wales assumes the styles and titles – Her Royal Highness The Princess ( husband ’ s Christian name ) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester, Countess of Carrick, Baroness of Renfrew, Lady of the Isles and Princess of Scotland.