Diane Olson + Robin Tyler, Robin Tyler and Diane Olson seem drawn to the Beverly Hills Courthouse, having filed the first lawsuit challenging California's marriage laws shortly after being denied a marriage license there on Feb. 12, 2004.

That lawsuit was folded into the historic case that went before the California Supreme Court and resulted in a ruling for marriage equality last May 15.

To make a point about the separation of church and state, the couple went back to the courthouse on June 16, got a legal license, then came outside to a thick wall of reporters and cameras who recorded every jubilant smile as they held a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony on the courthouse steps.

They returned to the courthouse again on Friday the 13th - Freedom to Marry Day - to renew their vows and to urge the California Supreme Court justices to invalidate Prop 8, the constitutional amendment passed by a slim majority last November that stripped marriage equality from the California Constitution.

Source: bilerico