D.C. Council passes bill legalizing same-sex marriage

By GottaLaff

Great news:

The measure allowing gays and lesbians to marry in the city is approved 11-2 and will be sent to Mayor Adrian Fenty, who is expected to sign it before Christmas. The bill will become law next spring if, as expected, it survives a 30-day congressional review process.

"We are on the verge of history," council member David A. Catania (I-At Large), the lead sponsor of the bill, told about 350 same-sex marriage supporters at a pre-vote rally Monday night in Shaw. "For the world to see gays and lesbian couples equal to straight couples in the nation's capital, that is an important message."

And what a wonderful message it is.

Yes, now two people can love each other, express their commitment, and vow a lifetime of devotion to one another without the indignity of punishment. And they say this isn't a progressive nation.