Rosie O'Donnell and longtime girlfriend Kelli Carpenter got married at San Francisco City Hall Feb. 26.
More than 3,300 couples have tied the knot since Mayor Gavin Newsom authorized issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Feb. 12.
Antigay activists have filed several court actions—all of them unsuccessful so far—to stop the weddings, which have been denounced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as illegal.
Newsom says he's merely abiding by the California Constitution which guarantees residents equal protection under the law.
'We already did. We got married. There you go,' O'Donnell said on the steps of the City Hall rotunda immediately following her 1:30 p.m. wedding.
'I'd just like to say that we didn't really have any comments prepared,' O'Donnell said. 'We were both inspired to come here after the sitting president said the vile and vicious and hateful comments he did on Tuesday, and inspired myself and my brand-new wife to fly here this morning. We left New York at 5 a.m., we're getting on a plane in about one hour, because tomorrow is parent day at our kids' school.
'Some people asked us where we are going on our honeymoon,' O'Donnell continued. 'With four kids under the age of eight, there will be no honeymoon. But I'd like to thank the city of San Francisco for this amazing stance that the mayor has taken, and for all of the people here who assisted not just us but the thousands and thousands of other law-abiding, loving American families who want the rights that every other married couple is entitled to.
'And I thank you all for being here,' she said. 'One thought ran through my mind over and over on the plane as we were flying out here: With liberty and justice for all! Peace.'
On Feb. 24, President George W. Bush threw his support behind a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
Bush said: 'If we are to prevent the meaning of marriage from being changed forever, our nation must enact a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in America. Decisive and democratic action is needed, because attempts to redefine marriage in a single state or city could have serious consequences throughout the country.
'The Constitution says that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts and records and judicial proceedings of every other state,' Bush noted. 'Those who want to change the meaning of marriage will claim that this provision requires all states and cities to recognize same-sex marriages performed anywhere in America.'
ABC's Primetime has an interview with Kelli Carpenter Friday, March 5; in promos for the program, they refer to the couple as the 'O'Donnells.'