Mark Hoffmann, left, smiles during his wedding ceremony to his longtime partner Rene Spring at the Santa Clara County government center's chapel in San Jose Friday.
A man who nearly three years earlier was dragged from under a home in Morgan Hill was convicted of second degree murder last week for the stabbing death of an 18-year-old high school senior in 2003.
Jorge S. Torres, 26, of San Jose, will be sentenced Sept. 5 to 15 years to life in state prison.
"And I now pronounce you ... legally married," are words that many California couples have long waited to hear, but because they were of the same sex they were denied the privilege.
Morgan Hill residents Rene Spring and Mark Hoffmann have been together since July 9, 1998, 10 years next month, and were registered as domestic partners. But when the opportunity to legally marry came about, they wanted to take the ultimate step.
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