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Same-Sex Marriage
9:42 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Dan Savage On Marriage

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Dan Savage speaking at Western University, March 2012.
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Dan Savage is a sex columnist, author, advocate and more.  He is behind the It Gets Better project, an archive of hopeful videos aimed at troubled gay youth, and the author of "The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage and My Family." Savage talks to Ross Reynolds about marriage and what he plans to do now that same-sex marriage is legal in Washington state.

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Society
9:00 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Same-Sex Marriage Arrives In Washington State

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Bret Goodwin, right, kisses his partner Andy Goodwin in the lobby of the King County Administration Building shortly after the couple received one of the first same-sex marriage licenses issued in the state early Thursday morning, Dec. 6, 2012, in Seattle.
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Washington state began handing out same-sex marriage licenses last night; the weddings will start on Sunday. We talk with some of the couples who showed up in downtown Seattle at midnight to be among the first to get a marriage license.

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Gay Marriage
8:18 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Gay Marriage Now Legal In Washington

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Teri Bednarski and Saracristina Garcia, Tacoma
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Dan Savage and Terry Miller, Seattle
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Jeaneane HIll, Seattle
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Carol Horowitz and Carol Proud, Seattle
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Amanda Beane and Anne Bryson-Beane, Seattle (plus 7 adopted children)
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Gay and lesbian couples across Washington woke up to a new reality today: Same-sex marriage is now legal in this state. Hundreds of couples lined up in downtown Seattle Wednesday night to be among the first to receive marriage licenses. The honor of “first couple” went to Jane Abbott Lightly and Pete-e Peterson, ages 77 and 85.

“I never thought this day would come, but here it is," said Peterson. After 35 years together, Lightly and Peterson plan to make it an official marriage this Sunday.

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Gay Marriage
8:00 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

Final Signatures Make Way For Washington Same-Sex Marriage Law

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Originally published on Wed December 5, 2012 8:09 pm


OLYMPIA, Wash. – On the eve of same-sex marriage taking effect in Washington, Governor Chris Gregoire hosted an emotional ceremony in her office. Gregoire and Secretary of State Sam Reed certified the results of the vote to uphold Washington’s new marriage equality law.

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Society
11:48 am
Wed December 5, 2012

Countdown To Midnight Marriage Licenses

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Party tents fill the plaza outside the King County Administration Building.
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The countdown is on. At 12:01 on December 6, King County will start handing out marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Hundreds are expected to show up for this historic, once-in-a-lifetime event. County staffers are working around the clock to pull off an unprecedented, all-night operation.

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