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Gay marriages resume in California after 5-year hiatus

Same-sex couples rushed to San Francisco's City Hall on Friday to be legally married after an appeals court officially ended California's ban on gay marriage following a landmark ruling at the Supreme Court this week.

On a balcony overlooking the grand staircase at City Hall, an ornate space that has long been a magnet for couples seeking to get married, the couple whose case sparked this week's Supreme Court decision exchanged vows in a ceremony officiated by state Attorney General Kamala Harris.

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