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WATCH: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Celebrates Prop. 8's Death With Lesbian Couple Who Killed It

WATCH: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Celebrates Prop. 8's Death With Lesbian Couple Who Killed It

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The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus performed an a cappella rendition of 'San Francisco' just moments after Prop. 8 plaintiffs Kris Perry and Sandy Stier were married.

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The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus offered a special wedding gift to Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, the first legally married same-sex couple in the state after California's Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case bearing their names.

On the steps of the capitol rotunda June 28 in San Francisco's City Hall, just moments after California Attorney General Kamala Harris pronounced Perry and Stier "spouses for life," the S.F. GMC performed an a cappella rendition of "San Francisco," a song from a new oratorio called I Am Harvey Milk. The song and its source material were written by Tony- and Grammy-nominated writer Andrew Lippa, and premiered in the Bay Area the same week the Court issued its rulings, according to videographer Sean Chapin.

Watch the performance in the video below, interspersed with footage from the moment the Supreme Court decision was announced on June 26 inside San Francisco's City Hall, and joyful footage of equality allies like San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrating this hard-fought victory.

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Sunnivie Brydum

Sunnivie is the managing editor of The Advocate, and an award-winning journalist whose passion is covering the politics of equality and elevating the unheard stories of our community. Originally from Colorado, she and her spouse now live in Los Angeles, along with their three fur-children: dogs Luna and Cassie Doodle, and "Meow Button" Tilly.
Sunnivie is the managing editor of The Advocate, and an award-winning journalist whose passion is covering the politics of equality and elevating the unheard stories of our community. Originally from Colorado, she and her spouse now live in Los Angeles, along with their three fur-children: dogs Luna and Cassie Doodle, and "Meow Button" Tilly.