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Associated Press - June 17, 2009 1:24 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gay rights supporters have commemorated the anniversary of the first same-sex weddings with a gathering in San Francisco.
About 50 people attended the event at the First Unitarian Universalist Society's church tonight.
Among those who spoke was Anne Marks, who married her same-sex partner last year. Marks said the happiness same-sex couples felt a year ago has faded because thousands of them are now being prevented from getting married.
California voters approved a gay marriage ban in November. And last month the Supreme Court upheld the ban while allowing the estimated 18,000 same-sex marriages that took place from June to November to stand.
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