The First attempt in US at a Legal gay Marriage

A ceremony performed on the 12th of June of 1970, to Join Neva Joy Heckman and Judith Ann Belew. The Reverend Troy Perry performed the double ring ceremony at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Community Church. Under California law, couples who have been together for two years or more may formalize a common-law marriage with a church ceremony and issuance of a church certificate, without needing a marriage license. Heckmen and Belew had been together just over two years