(FILES) This 17 February 2004 file photo

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES: (FILES) This 17 February 2004 file photo shows Hyde Revilla (R) and her partner Dawn Revilla (2R) standing together after applying for their marriage license at the City Hall clerk's office in San Francisco, California. In a landmark decision, a San Francisco judge ruled 14 March 2005 that a California state law that effectively bans gay marriage is unconstitutional. The ruling is the first on the constitutionality of the law that prompted San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to marry around 4,000 same-sex couples last year. AFP PHOTO/FILES/HECTOR MATA (Photo credit should read HECTOR MATA/AFP via Getty Images)