Gay Marriage: Jim Eastin and Allan Murdock Marry After 43 Years Together

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Jim Eastin and Allan Murdock's wedding at the Palm Springs, Calif. City Hall on Monday was short and simple, but it was exactly what the couple of 43 years had been waiting for.

Eastin, 74, and Murdock, 83, were one of the first same-sex couples to tie the knot in Palm Springs after California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, was struck down by the Supreme Court last week, MyDesert.com reported Monday.

The couple met at a bar in Los Angeles in 1970, and Eastin soon moved in with Murdock.

Since the laws made it too difficult for them to adopt children, they mentored four young people whom they refer to as their "kids."

"There's been some bad stuff that's happened from being gay, but overall, it's been a hell of a nice life we've enjoyed," Murdock said.

Same-sex couples all over California rushed to tie the knot after the state's ban on same-sex marriages was officially lifted on Friday. Click through the slideshow below to see photos from a few of last weekend's weddings.

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Sandy Stier, left, exchanges wedding vows with Kris Perry during a ceremony presided by California Attorney General Kamala Harris at City Hall in San Francisco, Friday, June 28, 2013. Stier and Perry, the lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban, tied the knot about an hour after a federal appeals court freed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

Cynthia Wides, right, and Elizabeth Carey exchange wedding vows at City Hall in San Francisco, Saturday, June 29, 2013. Dozens of gay couples have lined up outside City Hall in San Francisco as clerks have resumed issuing same-sex marriage licenses one day after a federal appeals court cleared the way for the state of California to immediately lift a 4-year freeze.

Army Capt. Michael Potoczniak, left, kisses Todd Saunders, of El Cerrito, Calif., as witness Sean Boileau watches during their wedding ceremony at City Hall in San Francisco, Saturday, June 29, 2013.

Jen and Francis Rainin react during their wedding at San Francisco's City Hall in California on Friday, June 28, 2013.

Jeff Zarrillo, left, and Paul Katami smile at their wedding Friday June 28, 2013 at City Hall in Los Angeles. The couple were two of the plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case.

Cristina Segatto, left, kisses Cathy Sutton as they are married in a ceremony officiated by deputy Marriage Commissioner Robin Wirthlin, right, at City Hall in San Francisco, Friday, June 28, 2013.

Craig Stein, left, holds hands with Bobby Meadows as they get married, officiated by marriage commissioner Jared Scherer, at City Hall in San Francisco, Friday, June 28, 2013.

Cosgrove Norstadt, right, and Jeff Foote, left, embrace during their wedding at San Francisco's City Hall in California on Friday, June 28, 2013.

Naomi Hendrix, right, and Rio Waller kiss right after taking their wedding vows and being pronounced married in a small garden across from the Fresno County Clerk's office on Monday, July 1, 2013 . The women, who have been together for 16 years, got engaged on Wednesday, the day the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.

Suzanne Hufft, left, and Val Robb exchanged vows at San Francisco's City Hall on June 28, 2013.

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