Same-sex couples protested at the county clerk's office in Fresno, Calif., on Valentine's Day, requesting marriage licenses, which were denied.

Same-sex marriage was legal in California for 4 1/2 months in 2008 until voters amended the state constitution to re-ban it.

"We're very much in love and we would like to make it legal for everybody to know," Jason Garrigus, who applied to marry David Zandt, told County Clerk Victor Salazar.

Salazar explained the constitutional amendment, Proposition 8, to the couple and said, "We are not able to assist you."

Dozens of opposite-sex couples got married on Valentine's Day at the Fresno office.