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Paul Mortensen and Robert Jacob Get Married The Ceremony Took Place at the San Francisco City Hall By Hugo Salinas April 2003 After 26 years of living together, Affirmation co-founder Paul Mortensen and his partner Robert Jacob are now legally married. The ceremony took place in San Francisco just two hours before same-sex marriages were halted. "We heard that legal marriages were being performed in San Francisco, so we were going every day online to see if there was any appointment available," says Paul. "On March 9 we saw an opening, and we immediately signed in." "We got married in San Francisco on March 11 at 12:30, and by 2:30 the marriages had been halted. But now we have a legal document, and as long as states in this country recognize marriages performed in other states, it should be valid not only in California, but across the country." "People change their minds about homosexuality when they actually meet someone who's gay. So I am planning to show my marriage certificate to as many people as possible, and this way help people open their minds."
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