Heart Of Starkness

[San Francisco, May 26. Image via Getty]

SAN FRANCISCO – MAY 26: Kerri McCoy (L) and her partner Erin Carder embrace following the California Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold Proposition 8 May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California. The California State Supreme Court voted 6-1 to uphold proposition 8 which makes it illegal for same-sex couples to marry in the state of California. More than 18,000 same-sex couples that wed before prop 8 was voted in will still be legally married. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)