cadish earned a place in u.s. history for her previous marriage in 2004. i now pronounce that you are married. reporter: that s the year she wed tonia at cambridge city hall in massachusetts and in doing so the two became the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the united states. mcclauseski died in 2016 after battling cancer. do you recognize your place in history? being really the first. you guys remind me a lot. i don t think about it until it s brought up. i am proud of it. very. and i m glad that i can speak out whenever about, you know, gay marriage and just being gay. reporter: it wasn t that long ago when speaking out about gay marriage was an unpopular idea. cadish remembers the mood of the country in 2004. my business where i worked, the faces i saw once i got
the land, marchand her wife christian sawyer s say, they finally have cause to celebrate. hurray. to tell you the truth, i never thought i would see gay marriage legaized in our lifetimes. . the two have been married now for two years. but she earned a place in u. s. history for previous marriage in 2004. i now pronounce that you re married. that s the year she wed i cambridge city hall in massachusetts. and in doing so, the two became the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the united states. she died in 2016 after battling cancer. do you recognize your place in history? being really the first? you guys remind me, a lot. i don t think about it intel it s brought up.