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DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Signs Marriage Equality Bill

1 comments | Friday, December 18, 2009




DC Mayor and LGBT ally Adrian Fenty signed legislation earlier today at The All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church legalizing marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples in the District.


In his opening remarks, Fenty recalled that when his own parents were married, many states would have refused to recognize their bonds. Fenty's father is black, while his mother is white.


"Today an era of struggle ends for thousands of D.C. residents," he said. "Our city is taking a leap forward."


The law now will go through a period of review consisting of 30 days in which Congress is in session. If the law passes that hurdle -- as is widely expected -- the first gay marriages in the District could take in late winter or early spring of 2010.


Watch video of the signing below via myfoxdc.com:


posted by Darian

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1 Comments:

<$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Now THIS is truly Government in action!

Making sure that ALL PEOPLE, (not just certain segments of the population) are afforded the same rights and responsibilities as anyone else.

Of course, the Anti-Marriage Equality people are going ape@&$( about it!

Thank goodness DC has a City Council that has more balls than the US GOVERNEMENT (and thats real talk). I can't wait until this goes into effect, this will truly test the validity of all the anti gay marriage "arguments" and shut them down HARD!

December 19, 2009 2:56 AM

 

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