Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the District of Columbia today, March 3rd. Chief Justice John Roberts declined to issue a stay requested by busybodies who don’t even live in the jurisdiction. The DC Court of Appeals refused to stand in the way of love.
The new gender-neutral marriage license application is online. The marriage bureau (Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Avenue NW, room 4485) opens at 8:30 AM. DC florist shops will open much earlier.
Hat tips: Mike DeBonis, Amanda Hess, GLAA Forum.
Image (“The Wedding Couple, after Abbot Handerson Thayer and Richard E. Miller”) by Mike Licht. Download a copy here. Creative Commons license; credit Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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March 3, 2010 at 9:43 am
UPDATES:
— Couples began lining up outside the Moultrie Courthouse at 6:00 AM, and the Superior Court maitre d’ dropped the velvet rope at 8:30 AM.
— It’s not exactly a wedding shower, but Council Member Catania is handing out cupcakes to same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses; the first same-sex couple to flash a marriage license gets dinner on the house at Pete’s Apizza.
— Washington Post editorial.
— Study: The 14,000 thousand same-sex marriages performed in DC over the next 3 years will bring in $5 million in new tax revenue and create 700 jobs.
— City Paper‘s Amanda Hess profiles the couples lined up outside the courthouse. Start here.
— Sommer Mathis at DCist posts here.
— Matt Dunn’s photos here. Awww (protesters below the fold).
— Photos by Michael Starghill via DCist.
March 9, 2010 at 11:01 pm
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