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2008 Year In Photos: US Photos

Phyllis Lyon, right, kisses her partner Del Martin, after being married by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in a special ceremony at City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, June 16, 2008. Lyon and Martin became the first officially married same-sex couple after California's Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal. In November, California voters passed a ballot proposition limiting marriage to between a man and a woman.

(Photo: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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