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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty signed the measure approving same-sex marriage last December, but because D.C. is not a state, the law had to go through a 30-day Congressional review. After failed attempts to block the bill in the House and in the courts, the bill officially became law on Tuesday...
Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Timothy P. McCarthy ’93 also said that the fact that D.C. falls under federal jurisdiction could create a problematic situation, but noted that the legalization of same-sex marriage in D.C. was an exciting development...
...jurisdiction that extends rights of same-sex couples is really important, a sign of moving in a more progressive direction as a country,” McCarthy said. “As a legal and a moral battle, this ultimately needs to be at the national level...
...People will see that the sky isn’t going to fall, that there’s no harm being done,” Eldridge said, stating that D.C. is only the sixth jurisdiction to sanction same-sex marriage. “It’s also a reminder that there’s still a lot of work to do, and people are no longer okay living in a country where this kind of discrimination continues...
...advocates of the legalization of same-sex marriage, the issue doesn’t stop at the altar. Rather, it is seen as one feature of a multifaceted fight for equal citizenship...