As the Democratic National Convention in Chicago buzzed with anticipation of Gov. Tim Walz’s acceptance speech, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, the California couple whose legal battle against Proposition 8 restored same-sex marriage in the state, took a moment to speak with The Advocate from the United Center ahead of Wednesday’s DNC speeches. The couple, married by Vice President Kamala Harris in 2013 when she was California’s attorney general, shared their thoughts on their friendship with the presidential nominee and the significance of her historic nomination, which she officially accepted Thursday.