Rosie O'Donnell married her partner Kelli Carpenter in San Francisco today:

"I want to thank the city of San Francisco for this amazing stance the mayor has taken for all the people here, not just us but all the thousands and thousands of loving, law-abiding couples," the former talk show host, holding a large bouquet, said after she and Kelli Carpenter emerged from their brief ceremony inside Mayor Gavin Newsom's office.

The newlyweds walked hand in hand down the grand marble staircase in the rotunda to thunderous applause from hundreds of spectators who came to witness the city's first celebrity same-sex wedding.

TalkLeft reader Bryan W. of Seattle writes in:

I am appalled and outraged by the latest attempts by one group of people to impose their ideals and extremely delicate sense of values on others. The primary burn is the proposed amendment to the constitution to ban two people’s pursuit of happiness. Not being homosexual, I don’t have any personal stake in this but the fact that people would attempt to modify the Constitution because an act offends their sensitive moralities makes me think, “What’s next?”. Make no mistake; if it were politically palatable, the same persons backing the proposed amendment would just as soon put forward a constitutional amendment to ban homosexuality.

We as liberals need to stand up against this. And I don’t mean stand up and say, “Well I’m not sure if gay marriage should be legal… but I am in favor of civil unions!” This position is simple and transparent pandering. Stand up, say it’s wrong to impede a person’s pursuit of happiness simply because it offends someone else and stick to your position.