Conjugal Rites

The first few days of legal gay marriage in San Francisco, when there was a wonderful frenzy of marriages held at city hall, was captured in a documentary short by filmmaker Steve Damron, entitled Conjugal Rites. It premiered at the 2004 Frameline LGBT Film Festival. A short version has been uploaded to YouTube. Steve says,

It's hard to believe how much has happened since President's Day, 2004. The good news: youtube. The bad news: all the couples who got married that week in 2004 are not celebrating their 3rd wedding anniversaries next month ... at least legally. And many states have passed constitutional amendments to make ban same-sex marriage. In the end, though, amor omnia vincit.

It's extraordinary - how it captures a moment (literally, a moment) where politics and love both showed up and danced at a wedding. I'm glad they had their cameras with them.