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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Homo Marriage Equality Comes to D.C.

Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:47 PM

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The Reverend is an example of a real man marrying women.

Posted by Heather on March 9, 2010 at 2:54 PM

I heard a huge explosion two minutes after this ceremony. It was the hetero-marriage down the street being destroyed. It's a good thing this new marriage will fill that void now. Thank you ladies.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on March 9, 2010 at 3:00 PM

More photos! http://www.foboblo.com/2010/03/09/first-…

Posted by biost08 on March 9, 2010 at 3:04 PM

Hey haters...lesbian and gay kids watching this on TV will get the message that this sort of thing is perfectly alright. That is good news. It is my fondest hope that this undermines any anti gay messages they get from their parents or church.

Posted by Heather on March 9, 2010 at 3:07 PM

Hooray! Congratulations! And the Catholic Church can go to stick it in their arrogant, self righteous, anti-freedom, child molesting ass.

Posted by Be Happy on March 9, 2010 at 3:11 PM

Congratulations are in order. I am very happy for them.

Posted by kim in portland

on March 9, 2010 at 3:11 PM

and Lovechild will be blowing up over two strong black women who are in love getting married in 5, 4, 3, 2.....

Posted by apres_moi on March 9, 2010 at 3:14 PM

Wow! What a nice service, too. Their happiness, and the ministers enthusiasm made me tear up. Hooray for love!

Posted by kim in portland

on March 9, 2010 at 3:19 PM

Wishing Tina and Angel many happy years together!

Posted by linda with a y on March 9, 2010 at 3:31 PM

And the non-resident haters seemed to display some microscopic level of dignity and not protest these ceremonies. Double cheers to that!

Posted by Ms. D on March 9, 2010 at 3:59 PM

The world just got a little righter.

Posted by venomlash on March 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM

@11

lefter?

Posted by cheerio on March 9, 2010 at 4:03 PM

@12- Same difference.

Posted by dwight moody on March 9, 2010 at 4:11 PM

The haters have already been writing to the WaPost's ombudsman, saying that showing pictures of two guys kissing is a mortal sin. Happily, the ombudsman told them to fuck off:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsm…

Posted by DeanP on March 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM

@7-- Loveschild is strangely late to the party. My guess is that she's getting to the bottom of her eighth can of Pringles right about now.

Posted by Gigolo Asshattin' on March 9, 2010 at 4:28 PM

@14: Oh man, those are fabulous. Ward4DC is my favorite commenter because s/he clearly did not see the first couple to be married...

Posted by Baconcat on March 9, 2010 at 4:29 PM

omg that totally made me tear up, and they looked so happy up there together. Congrats to Angel and Tina!

Posted by Faer on March 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM

Watched the ceremonies live this morning. So wonderful. I am so happy for everyone in DC. We are winning.

Posted by jasonzenobia

on March 9, 2010 at 5:02 PM

Oh wow, I love that minister. He was obviously excited to be officiating. Its guys like him who make up for the religious nutjob bigots.

Posted by fannerz on March 9, 2010 at 5:05 PM

@16 Ward4DC is a famous religious bigot/homophobe in the Washington City Paper blogs. There are a few. Ignore them, most of DC is the most tolerant, progressive place you will find. These are the same people who get upset that I drive through their traffic clusterfuck of going to church on my way to Sunday brunch.

Posted by Ms. D on March 9, 2010 at 5:29 PM

That is wonderful; I'm a straight woman living on the other side of the Pond, in a very different culture, and I'm moved to tears by this.

I hope that my goodwishes can cross the Atlantic and go with you in your future lives together...

Posted by dice on March 9, 2010 at 5:34 PM

The minister totally rocks !His officiating was so heartfelt, so loving,so makes-me-proud-to-be-a-Christian.

God Bless the new union, and many happy years together to the happy couple.

Posted by Alinka on March 9, 2010 at 6:22 PM

I was tearing up watching that. Many congratulations.

Posted by Ems on March 9, 2010 at 6:28 PM

:-)

Posted by MT3 on March 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM

This owns. This is beautiful.

Posted by Telsa Grills on March 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM

The fact that this brightens up my morning--and I'm speaking as someone who's already married--gives me some small insight into how significant and wonderful it must be not only for those who are getting married but who don't live in D.C. and who can look forward to being able to marry someone they love someday. It makes me happy to think that this will eventually reach across the country so that members of my family and my friends who are married to someone of the same sex will soon get the same rights that other married couples enjoy.

Posted by Southern Gentleman

on March 10, 2010 at 6:39 AM

Please, allow me to add my congrats to the many happy, loving same-sex marriage couples.

Equality will prevail. Hate eventually dies. Even if only by the death of the person doing the hating.

Posted by Frau Blucher on March 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM

This is cool, and I'm happy for them, and yet I can't imagine getting married at what almost seems like a press conference. That has to be distracting.

Posted by asgsdfgsgsdg on March 10, 2010 at 7:29 PM