Most people aren't alive for their parents' wedding day, but I was. The date was February 16, 2004, four days after Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that San Francisco would issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples.

They were like two teenagers in love for the first time.

This morning, when the California Supreme Court handed down its decision to overturn a 2000 ballot measure that banned gay marriage, I called my moms to deliver the good news.

They were thrilled, and immediately started planning their next wedding ceremony—which they'll need to have, because a court in August 2004 nullified their first marriage. This time, they said, I would be there to give them both away.

It's ironic that today's decision comes six months before Californians will vote for a new president, and also on a second gay marriage ban.

Some say gay marriage will again be a wedge issue that galvanizes the conservative base this fall