D.C Will Recognize Your Marriage

By: http://www.advocate.com

The Washington, D.C., city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages conducted in the growing number of states where marriage equality is now legal.
Tuesday's 12-0 vote on the contentious issue is expected to bring the council in direct conflict with the U.S. Congress, which approves of the city's laws under Home Rule.
"It's high time we send a clear, unequivocal message to those persons of the same sex and married in another jurisdiction that their marriage is valid in D.C.," openly gay council member Jim Graham said, according to The Washington Post. He added, "I hope this city recognizes this is a human rights struggle."
Openly gay council member David Catania said that it's only a matter of time before the District of Columbia grants marriage equality to all of its residents. "It's no secret that I have been working on legislation that would take us further," he said. "This is the march toward human rights and equality. This is not the march toward special rights. This is the equal march and that march is coming here."