Gay couples who married in other states will have their weddings recognised in Washington DC

1 Comment on Washington DC to recognise gay marriages from other states

Close Bookmark and Share This Page

Save to Browser Favorites / Bookmarks

Ask backflip blinklist BlogBookmark Bloglines BlogMarks Blogsvine BuddyMarks BUMPzee! CiteULike co.mments Connotea del.icio.us

Digg diigo DotNetKicks DropJack dzone Facebook Fark Faves Feed Me Links Friendsite folkd.com Furl Google

Hugg Jamespot Jeqq Kaboodle kirtsy linkaGoGo LinkedIn LinksMarker Ma.gnolia Mister Wong Mixx MySpace MyWeb

Netvouz Newsvine oneview OnlyWire PlugIM Propeller Reddit Rojo Segnalo Shoutwire Simpy Slashdot Sphere

Sphinn Spurl Squidoo StumbleUpon Technorati ThisNext Twitter Webride Windows Live Worlds Movies Yahoo!

Email This to a Friend

Copy HTML: 

 If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed.

More »

The Washington DC council has voted unanimously to recognise gay marriages performed in other states.

Previously, gay couples who were married in other states were recognised as domestic partners when they moved to DC but the measure, it passes a final vote next month, means their unions will be recognised as marriages.

In a statement, DC mayor Adrian Fenty said he looked forward to signing the bill.

The bill will require that married same-sex couples must be accorded the same benefits as those received by married straight couples.

The development comes days after Iowa and Vermont legalised same-sex marriage.