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Jun 12, 2008 7:47 pm US/Pacific

Newsom Offers To Staff Butte, Kern County Weddings

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) ― San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he would go to Butte or Kern County himself to marry gay and lesbian couples, if those counties truly do not have enough staff to perform same-sex ceremonies next week.

Plenty of Bay Area counties are fine-tuning their plans for next week's historic wedding day. However, the clerks of Kern and Butte counties have said they won't perform any weddings next week, because they are not equipped for the legalization of gay marriage.

Sames-sex couples can marry in California beginning at 5 p.m. Monday. However, Kern County hasn't updated its marriage procedures yet, to make its process gender-neutral.

Newsom expressed surprise that the cities of Bakersfield and Oroville were worried about not having enough staff to marry gay couples. Newsom said he would dispatch volunteers, if the clerks there are intersted in having the help.

Meanwhile, Newsom planned to marry lesbian pioneers Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon privately at San Francisco City Hall, then hold a news conference while the couple celebrates elsewhere.

Sonoma County's clerk planned to stay open until 8 p.m. Monday, marrying up to 30 couples.

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