Bruce Mayhall and Tom Rastrelli were the first in line Thursday morning at the Beverly Hills Courthouse
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They dressed in matching pink shirts and waited.
As the hours passed, they watched heterosexual couple after heterosexual couple -- decked out in suits and white dresses -- pass them in line to get married.
They waited off to the side for their turn.
Then, at initial news of the stay being lifted
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They got back in line only to discover that the court would not issue them a marriage license until they received official word.
They said the official ruling -– that marriages are on hold at least through Aug. 18 -– made them furious.
" It makes me sick and sad
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Abercrombie Broek, a college professor.
The couple have been together for three years. When they had a chance to be married in 2008, they decided against it because they didn't want to rush things. Since then
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Both of them had been out of state this week, but they rushed back to Los Angeles Wednesday
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Instead, they left dejected and, at least in the eyes of the law, still unwed. " I feel mentally and physically exhausted and disappointed. My body was all revved up in the waiting, and now that I know, it's just crashed," Rastrelli said.
They said they will come back to the courthouse next week and wait -– once again -– for a chance to get married.
-- Esmeralda Bermudez in Beverly Hills