Elaine Martin, left, and Cindy Gise have been together since meeting at Valley State College, now Cal State Northridge. They were among the first in line this morning in Norwalk. "The fact that we can legitimize this today is wonderful for us," Gise said to Channel 7. "I consider myself married to this woman for 40 years, but now I can say it, and it's like a fact now." I've known them both for about that long, I'm happy to say. AP photo by Ric Francis via Yahoo. They also got some ink at L.A. Now.

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After the jump: Photo by Gary Leonard of John Rabe and Julian Bermudez in Beverly Hills.