i want to thank senator padilla, thank the president joe biden-(inaudible) our member of grtss nancy palosi. we need to get prop a out of the constitution and equality act passed so this is a big step and know there will be many more great step tuesday come. with that, i are now have the honor of bringing up i are remember-i believe it was vice president harris that performed her wedding ceremony but the amazing chris curry. [applause] >> i'm incredibly moved by the rapid progrsds we made and the role california and san francisco played ibthe lgbt rights movement. mayor newsom propelled same sex couple forward by authorize marriages at city hall. sandy and i along with our 4 boys sped across the bay bridge from berkeley to join thousands of couples elated by the prospckt of equality and even though the marriages were nullifyed later the year it started historic chain of lawsuits rulings and discriminatory ballot measure prop 8. in 2009 we brought a federal lawsuit and after 3 week trial and 5 year aappeals prop 8 struck down in 2013 by the united states supreme court. honesty, one of the ha