Same Sex Marriage Law Passed
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/18/same.sex.marriage/index.html?iref=allsear
Last week was intense for Washington D.C. both in a good and bad way. Reason? The legislature was making the decision to pass the same-sex marriage law in D.C. and there were more than a few outraged opinions floating in the air. Due to the, ”opponents standing against this law,” http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/09/court-refuses-to-stop-dcs-gay-marriage-law/, same-sex couples held their breath, in fear that there could be a block on the law by the Supreme Court. Also residents and opponents against the law, complained that maybe voters of the Washington area should have been able to vote on this decision, instead of the Supreme Court alone.
Even with the constant backlash and sourpuss expressions from opponents who tried to stop the law, the legislature went ahead and passed the law anyway.
March 3, 2010 was a big date for gay couples in the U.S. And now a week later since the passing of the law that allows same-sex marriage in the district of Columbia, thousands of gay couples are legally married. The following morning after the March 2, 2010 announcement that the law had been passed, every marriage license office in D.C. was a mad house. Marriage license office workers, “Prepared for what they expected to be a flood of same-sex couples descending on the courthouse Wednesday.” http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/03/02/gay-marriage-comes-to-washington-dc. Though it was chaotic and crowded that day, it was also a joyous experience for the couples. Some of whom had waited years for this day to finally come.
