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Washington Hands Out First Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Washington Hands Out First Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Washington’s new law legalizing same-sex marriages went into effect on midnight Thursday, and the state is bracing itself for hundreds of applications from gay and lesbian couples who are ready to tie the knot. Washington’s the first of three states that passed laws legalizing same-sex marriage to actually put the law into effect. It will be joined by Maine on December 29 and Maryland on the first of January …

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