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Over 200 elated gay and lesbian couples waited in line outside Washington, D.C.’s City Courthouse yesterday morning in anticipation of obtaining licenses that would allow them to legally marry their partners. While this is a significant step in the fight for marriage equality nationwide, some members of the Harvard community have questioned D.C.’s ruling in light of the federal Defense of Marriage...

Author: By Alice E. M. Underwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Washington, D.C. Sanctions Gay Marriage | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...like a dream come true," said Angelisa Young, who was the first to be licensed, with Sinjoyla Townsend. "I'm truly happy. I'm ecstatic." Young said they arrived at 6 a.m., and they were two of hundreds who arrived before noon. (See pictures of the gay-rights movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurrying to the Altar on D.C.'s First Day of Gay Marriage | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

Still, the opposition, led by Bishop Harry R. Jackson - who made an unsuccessful last-ditch attempt to get a stay from the Supreme Court until after locals could hold a referendum on gay marriage - shows little acceptance of defeat. And D.C. councilman Marion Barry, who spearheaded the Human Rights Act before gay voters helped him become mayor in 1978, has made grim predictions based on the sentiments of his constituents. "All hell is going to break loose," he told reporters after the council voted in May 2009 to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside the District. "We may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurrying to the Altar on D.C.'s First Day of Gay Marriage | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...eager to get their applications completed, snaked toward the Marriage Office. Many used that word in a strictly legal sense, explaining that they wanted to be married for the sake of their children's inheritance rights, taxes or hospital visits. (See a video of the fallout from a Florida gay-marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurrying to the Altar on D.C.'s First Day of Gay Marriage | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

Through Penn’s new program, announced last week, current Penn students involved in the LGBT community contact students whose applications indicate that they may be interested in gay life at Penn...

Author: By Alice E. M. Underwood and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Penn Launches Outreach Program to LGBT Applicants | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

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