The city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" id="mwAUM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> begins issuing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_2004_same-sex_weddings" id="mwAUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings">marriage licenses</a> to same-sex couples in response to a directive from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco" id="mwAUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mayor of San Francisco">Mayor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom" id="mwAUY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gavin Newsom">Gavin Newsom</a>.