Hundreds of same-sex couples win New York marriage lottery

(CNN) - Marcos Chaljub of New York got a life-changing e-mail on Friday.

He had to share it.

"I remember getting home and I checked my e-mail," he told CNN on Saturday. "I had an e-mail from the county clerk's office."

Never mind that his partner of five years, Freddy Zambrano, was busy taking a shower.