South L.A.: Wedding business slow
June 17, 2008 | 1:24
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South L.A. is not an area where a lot of gay people feel welcome, observers said, so by noon, the Florence Firestone county clerk's office had issued only three same-sex marriage licenses.
"We were expecting throngs of people," said Alfredo Vasquez, building administrator for the Florence Firestone Community Service Center, where the office is located.
Most people at the office were there for birth certificates. Two extra security guards had been hired in case of any problems with protesters.
Vasquez said he thought people didn't know the clerk's office was there and that the neighborhood isn't known for gay activity.
-- Sam Quinones
