Those who filed gay marriage lawsuit will be first to wed
Robin Tyler and Diane Olson will be granted a marriage license in Beverly Hills at 5:01 pm Monday.
Los Angeles County's first same-sex couple to wed will be Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, who on Valentine's Day 2004 were denied a marriage license at the Beverly Hills Courthouse and challenged that rejection all the way to the state Supreme Court.
Last month, four Supreme Court justices agreed that Tyler and Olson, among other litigants throughout California who formed part of a lawsuit challenging the state's gay marriage ban, were discriminated against four years ago and should be allowed to marry.
On Tuesday, county offices throughout Los Angeles will begin issuing licenses to same-sex couples.
But acting Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan agreed to issue Tyler and Olson a license a little earlier -- at 5:01 p.m. Monday, when the court's order lifting the ban officially becomes law.
Logan said he allowed the exception "in recognition of their unique role in the Court's decision."
They will receive their license where it all began: Beverly Hills.
San Francisco also will issue a license to a couple involved in the Supreme Court case Monday evening. At least another three counties -- Yolo, Sonoma and Alameda -- will stay late Monday to issue licenses.
jp.renaud@latimes.com
