the scene down at boston city hall around noon today as mass handed out the first marriage licenses to gay couples. every 30-60 seconds another newly licensed couple would exit and the crowd would cheer and offer congratulations.

this picture was my favorite. i liked the big, happy grin on the little boy's face and the red carnation held high.

my last photo series of the gay marriage protests at city hall (here & here) i took pictures of people and signs for both for and against gay marriage.
but this time, even though there were a few (quiet and meek) protesters outside city hall today i didn't take any shots of them. today i just wanted to take pictures of the smiles, love, cheering and overall celebration.
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here are more pictures from cambridge.

erika got to watch everything and also got some great pics. looks like from some of them we were there at the same time.

also a good op-ed from howard dean in the globe today: Vermont's lessons on gay marriage. and all of the globe's coveage on this topic.