First WA Same-Sex Couples Wed

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 2:40PM ET / Published Dec. 09, 2012 7:38AM ET

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Three days after picking up their marriage licenses, couples celebrated Washington state’s first same-sex marriages early Sunday morning. Courthouses in some counties opened at midnight to accommodate the happy couples, and judges conducted ceremonies pro bono at Seattle City Hall. In November, Washington, Maryland, and Maine became the first states to pass a law allowing same-sex marriage by popular vote. On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would take up the issue of gay marriage in the coming year.

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First WA Same-Sex Couples Wed

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