Of course, the haters tried to block it with a last ditch appeal to the US Supreme Court, but they had no luck there. In a rare Justice Roberts ruling I agree with, he said the court had no business in local affairs. I love the irony of the haters having to beg for Supreme intervention when they are always screaming about activist judges destroying the nation. Sometimes they almost make me laugh....almost.
As locals know, Washington is a very conservative town regardless of whether Democrats or Republicans are in charge. So I find it remarkable that today the District stands at the forefront of the marriage equality movement. It is now the sixth place in the United States where gays can get married. And, as Andy Towle pointed out, it's also a symbolic landmark in this struggle in that Washington is the now the first locality south of the Mason-Dixon line to endorse marriage equality.
