2/17/2004

The civil service civil disobedience continues - and the controversy builds: The assessor-recorder, Mabel S. Teng, said on Monday that her office, responsible for issuing the $83 licenses, performed 825 weddings that day, bringing the number of same-sex marriages to about 2,425 since the city opened the gates to gay couples on Thursday, with many couples camping outside overnight and braving chilling rain. The clerk's staff, the sheriff's department and volunteers from other offices worked through the three-day holiday weekend without pay, Ms. Teng said, adding, "It's purely out of love and commitment to equal rights." At least 200 city workers, with additional help from the public, kept the doors to City Hall open over the weekend, but the staffing was expected to return to normal levels on Tuesday.

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