One Step Closer to Same-Sex Marriage in the Nation's Capital
As you might have seen in our news section (or in various news reports), the District of Columbia took a significant step toward approving same-sex marriage yesterday. The legislation still requires a mayoral signature and needs to survive a 30-day legislative review process after that, but both of those are expected to take place, and provided this happens, same-sex marriage would be allowed in the nation's capital by next spring.
Any state or municipality's approval of same-sex marriage is obviously a boost to our hopes and efforts to make same-sex legal everywhere in the United States. While D.C. is a particularly special win, it's one of a number of laudable victories that LGBT rights advocates have won in the past year -- and is by no means the last battle for equal rights we will be embarking on.
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