live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> tears of joy. same-sex couples celebrate a land morning supreme court ruling on gay marriage. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> the warning came down after 7:00 a.m. our time. moments later, a giant rainbow banner was unfurled in front of city hall. janet o is in the castro and ellisa harrington is at the wharf. >> it has been emotional for supporters of marriage equality with the supreme court clearing the way for same-sex marriage nationwide.

yeah! >> cheers erupted after the landmark decision was announced. in a historic ruling 5-4 decision, the high court ended bans on gay marriage ruling same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry in america without regard to their state laws. president obama is calling it a victory for gay and lesbian couples who fought so long for bake civil rights. >> this decision affirms what millions of americans already believe in their hearts. when all americans are treated as california we are all more free. justice kennedy wrote the majority opinion saying "under the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th amendment, couples of the same sex may not be deprive of the right and the liberty." >> calling the majority opinion

egotistical "i write separately to call attention to this court's threat to american democracy." >> june plant scene at san francisco city hall where it started in 2008 when the marriage licensed were issued to same-sex couples. >> kristen the flag over there in front of city hall tells it all. mayor lee and other city officials held a news conference on the steps this morning as the mayor told the crowd of about 150 people, today san francisco's values back the nation's values. it is hard for me to describe to you how pure this jubilation was, the sense of relief unity among those here who gathered in front of city hall. that celebration started early this morning at 7:00 when the decision came down. the decision brought cheers hugs, and tears.

just raw emotion among the dozen or so same-sex couples who gathered at city hall to hear the decision. >> i fowl like i am part of men dream -- american dream new. i have the opportunity to history the american dream like everyone else. >> pat thompson is a military veteran. >> we can serve our country with honor and it is just so great. >> her spouse --. >> amazing. we have waited all these years. >> among those is state senator who came out more than four decades ago. after 46 years my federal government recognizes my heartbeats and loves no different from you or anyone else. >> huge celebration for our family. such a win. it is so exciting he will grow up in a more tolerant place. >> the entrance of the difficult hall was draped with a flag of

ride and mayor lee and city officials stood on the steps where the fight began 11 years ago. >> did you feel the earthquake shake this morning? we have a lot to celebrate if this pride month, equality without exception. >> justice and love won today. >> today is the anti-doubt to cynicism. it is the answer to despair you may have. >> many of those who spoke here said that the fight is not over. it continues. they are now focused on housing and employment protection for the lgbt community so the fight did not end here today for equality but it will continue. >> thank you. san francisco first began issuing the marriage licenses in 2004. today, california attorney scene and democratic united states senate candidate harris issue add statement saying "this holding reaffirms the sacred principle that all people are created equal.

it is time to end the debate. let the wedding bells ring." san francisco's castro district was up early in anticipation of the ruling and when they heard it was time to celebrate. janet has that in the castro. >> people are now busy going about their day but they sure woke up in a great mood. you could hear honking all away town, people were carrying flags rainbow flags and everyone was out here celebrate the great news. people we talked to in the castro have been waiting if a decision like this their whole live. they just never thought they would see it in their lifetime. it is the biggest victory yet for same-sex couples fighting for marriage equality. for years. this super bowl couple has wait -- this san francisco couple has waited a long-term. >> we got up early to hear.

>> they were everjoyed to hear the supreme court legalized same-sex marriage. >> we clapped and cried. we are getting married in november and it is important to be validated around the country. >> people held signs and flags at the harvey make plaza named after the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in california. a man who lives in san francisco with his partner said it is special for membership republicans. >> video a son and today is his celebration and growing up with him and educating him about equality is important. >> many say it is historic court ruling could not come at a better time as san francisco gears up for what is expected to be one of the most epic pride weekends at home. >> we are lawy the supreme court decided right and it will be a great pride weekend. >> what a sight castro district

at the center of pride weekend the first and well-known gay communities in the expire country. you can see some of the barriers hype us in preparation for this weekend's big event. reporting live from the castro janet o, abc7 news. >> janet, thank you, the lead plaintiff got a surprise phone call, being interviewed outside the supreme court this or when he was told a very important person was on the phone to talk with him. >> your leadership on this changed the country. >> i really appreciate that, mr. president, it has been an on for me to be involved in this fight and to have been able to fight for my marriage and live up to my commitment to my husband. >> he sued the state of ohio to recognize his marriage to his late husband john arthur. they were married in 2013 after the high court struck down the defense of marriage act.

arthur died three months later. >> the fact the supreme court rule coincides with pride weekend in the bay area make the victory that much sweeter but our reporter is in san francisco to tell us not everyone is happy about the decision. >> although many are celebrating the decision including folks i talked to in item for pride there are others who see it as a huge blow to tradition religion and family values. although it passed four of the nine justices voted against the same-sex marriage ruling writing their own arguments to explain why. chief justice john roberts said, if you are among the many americans of whatever sexual orientation who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means, celebrate today's decision but do not celebrate the constitution. it had nothing to do with it. >> the decision was not unexpected at all. >> bill may with catholic for the common good disapproved and

is concerned what the ruling will did to family values. >> the reality is, what the court did is eliminate the only civil institution that specifically geared for uniting kings with moms and dads. do we need such an institution is now the question? >> this impacts people all over the country so we wanted to come to the wharf to find tourists from out-of-state and get their opinion on how they feel. just about were i talked to and i have talked to people from florida, from new jersey, they support this they say that it is about time and they are actually surprised they would not sure if they would see knit their lifetime. reporting live from san francisco for abc7 news. >> thank you. politicians, celebrities and people all around have taken to twitter to express their support for the decision. >> tim cook tweet add congress made famous by steve jobs, hillary clinton, modern family star and actress olivia while put out statements in support. >> from nebraska to texas to

ohio are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couple and others are waiting until they have to. new video into the newsroom from georgia where they issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples this morning and several weddings were already taking place. that state previously banned same-sex marriage but some states are holding off like louisiana and mississippi, where the attorney general said same-sex couples cannot get married until a federal appeals court lits a stay on same sex weddings and that could take three weeks. >> streets of san francisco are already closed as pride is underway and streets around the civic center are closed for the weekend to accommodate saturday's dyke march and deless between 18th and 20th will close for the traps march, the transgender pride event and sunday is the world famous pride parade where this could be major traffic issues with the giants having home games. >> if you are headed to san francisco for pride, the weather should be fairly pleasant and we

will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> celebration unlike the 44 previous, the 45th begins at plaza tomorrow at noon and 64 and warming to 67's it falls into the mid-60s by noon and sunday at look, 61 and warming to 66 by the time we fall into the low 60s by 6:00. the giant are getting in on it lgbt night at the giants at&t park 62 and dropping to 5 and a game over at the cove, 65 at 7:00 drop down to 60. kristen and eric? >> all right, stay with abc7 for continuing coverage of the landmark decision and we will have much more throughout the afternoon and coming days and we have posted a complete united states supreme court ruling on our website at abc7news.com. you can follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. u.n. secretary-general talks about the impact of the history

ruling. >> another look here at the castro in san francisco, the ruling impact being felt throughout th

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united states 89 this bar gave birth to the modden day gay rights movement in 1969. u.n. secretary ban ki-moon is in san francisco today reacting to the historic supreme court ruling speaking exclusively with abc7 anchor before attending a series of evens. >> [ inaudible ] in is a great step forward for human rights in the united states. >> noon mean is in san francisco commemorting the 70th anniversary of the signing of the u.n. charter. it was on june 26 1945 it was signed at veterans memorial hall and took affect in october. by the way the secretary-general has a connection to the bay area he was an exchange student with the red cross coming from korea and stayed with a family in novato. they will join him at san francisco city hall later today. >> we will check in with

meteorologist mike nicco. >> and they are coming back next week association i will have that roller coaster ride and a couple of fairs this week and nascar is in town. >> how you can hear the amazing story of survival and push for equality from a young nobel prize grass fed? mhmm. i'm super into health. bottled tap water?

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state. girl girl burst on to the world conscience in 2012 when she was shot in the head by the taliban for promoting girl's education in pakistan. she survived but turned the attention into a worldwide campaign for education and peace. malala yousafzai will turn 18 next in and is speak at 7:00 at the san jose state university campus event center. >> right new we will check with mike and the forecast. >> taking a look back at this morning we will open up the weather window and show you the difference between yesterday the clouds rolling in the sea breeze back and still cool some of us not all of us today, and tomorrow it will get its hands on your neighborhood if not today were the winds are a southern search at half moon bay at 12 and 12 at oakland and napa and hayward at ten and fairly at 13. it will pick up a little bit this afternoon, the national service issuing small craft advisory from 2:00 to 9:00 north of the bay bridge and east of the golden gate bridge so brisk for the ferry ride and choppy if

you take out the boat. we have serious issues in the sierra with thunderstorms gorgeous and beautiful to look at potentially dangerous, with some of them being dry and that means lightning could spark fire. today through sunday a high fire danger in the high country. now the area of low pressure bringing up the southern surge, and the reason why the clouds are hitting the coast and keep youing in the 50s. 61 in san francisco and san ramon is 91, the warmest, and 85 in los gatos. you can see the clouds retreating to the coast from the east bay hills and will do that tomorrow at a slower pace. tomorrow will be the coolest of the days moving forward. the golden gate bridge shows, still, a lost fog and that could be case all through the afternoon hours. you will not see much sunshine. the extra clouds the sea breeze and heat are easing and more comfort if you are sleeping the next couple of nights but the excessive heat will come back

and high pressure is pulling away and taking the heat with it this low is inducing the sea breeze and making us cooler as we head through the weekend. today, how about low-to-mid 80s in the south by with san jose at 85 and we have low-to-mid 80s on the peninsula until we get to san mateo at 78 and milbrae at 72, low 60s-the coast to upper 60s in document, south san francisco and low-to-mid 80s through the north pay valleys with manically mid-to-upper 70s along the east bay more and union city and castro and fremont in the 80s and oakland at 74 and we still need the air conditioning inland in the low-to-mid 90s. if you head to pleasanton no 100s and to petaluma, temperatures are in the low-to-mid 80s and nascar is fear for the weekend. 81 today. 76 tomorrow 9 sunburn possible if you do not wear the sunscreen. my seven-day forecast is four to 10 degrees cooler from the coast

inland tomorrow and we have rebounded a degree or two with more sunshine on sunday and as we head to monday tuesday, wednesday and thursday get used to 90s inland and 100 on tuesday but still comfortable 60s at the coast. >> thank you, mike. >> abc7 is learning that bart police are setting the standard for interacting with transgender people. the department has become the first police forces in the nation to set a spoke policy about it and that policy requires police officers to be trained in how to appropriately ask a transgender person if they prefer to be dressed as he or she. officers must use the person's name of choice even if it is not their legal name. the policy also details procedures for making an arrest such as giving a transgender person hormone therapy. >> the night past supreme court historic announcement the first openly gay pro baseball player made a start for the sonoma

stompers an independent minor league baseball team. sean conroy said it has nothing to do with what goes open between the white line. >> sexual orientation does not matter. if you want something do it. >> cop provide pitched a shut out and the impressive performance came on pride night at ball part and team members came up with the idea, look, they wore rainbow socks to honor conroy. >> yes they d. >> imagine getting paid to relax. >> for some employees it is a reality with an

>> coming up, continuing coverage of the historic marriage ruling from the united states supreme court we go to san francisco to the south bay as celebrations are underway to talk about the landmark ruling at 4:00 and 5:00. >> denver technical c.e.o. wants emmy hes to take vacation son he is give them $7,50020 do it on top of the standard 15 days paid vacation. >> there are three rules: no checking work e-mail, text or calls. no working, period. and you actually have to go on vacation. if you done go on vacation and

try to use the money for home improvement or whatever you have to give it back. >> according to the "san francisco chronicle" the company introduced paid-paid vacation in 2012 and things are going very well. can you imagine the recruiterring? >> employees feel happier and are more productive when they get back to work. imagine that! >> studies haveship you are more productive when you relax and de-stressed. >> when someone else is paying for your vacation. >> that helps a lot. >> exactly. we lebanon you now with another look at castro? san francisco celebrating this morning if light of the united states high court decision making it so that same-sex marriage is the law of the land. in all 50 states. have a great

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