The Follow-Up Interview, 33 Years Later

Photo: Jenn Kennedy

Marilee France (left) and Wendy Averill of Marina Del Rey have been together for 23 years, but the media spectacle around today's weddings is a phenomenon they've experienced before -- back in 1975.

Averill, who like France is a retired schoolteacher from the Pasadena Unified School District, was interviewed more than 30 years ago by a TV crew about whether gays and lesbians would ever be allowed to marry. "Probably not in my lifetime," she said then.

And now? The couple, who wed today in West Hollywood, are happy to be proved wrong, but still don't have any elaborate honeymoon plans. "We're going home to get our plumbing fixed," Averill said. (Ross von Metzke, The Advocate)

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