California authorized the two of us to officiate and sign marriage licenses – could even do so for a couple who had been together one day – but that same state of California wouldn't let either of us marry our own partners of so many years." Krieger's life partner was Jon Smith. See also List of LGBT jurists in the United States References 1943 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American judges 20th-century LGBT people American gay men California state court judges LGBT appointed officials in the United States LGBT judges LGBT lawyers Summer Science Program UCLA School of Law alumni University of California, Riverside alumni