Lesbian couple are first gays to marry in D.C.
SDGLN Staff | Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:12am | Login to bookmark or commentWASHINGTON – Wedding bells for same-sex couples began ringing today in the District of Columbia.
Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend, who have been a couple for 12 years, were first to get married today in a ceremony at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters, according to news reports and bloggers. About a dozen members of the media recorded the historic occasion.
The Rev. David K. North, pastor of Holy Redeemer of Metropolitan Community Churches in College Park, Md., was the officiant at the wedding.
Young, 47, and Townsend, 41, met as undergraduates in a constitutional law class at the University of the District of Columbia. Both women are lifetime residents of the Washington area, and both are D.C. government employees. They have two children.
D.C. is now the sixth place in the U.S. to permit gay weddings, joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Officials said about 150 couples are eligible to pick up marriage licenses today.
Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend, who have been a couple for 12 years, were first to get married today in a ceremony at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters, according to news reports and bloggers. About a dozen members of the media recorded the historic occasion.
The Rev. David K. North, pastor of Holy Redeemer of Metropolitan Community Churches in College Park, Md., was the officiant at the wedding.
Young, 47, and Townsend, 41, met as undergraduates in a constitutional law class at the University of the District of Columbia. Both women are lifetime residents of the Washington area, and both are D.C. government employees. They have two children.
D.C. is now the sixth place in the U.S. to permit gay weddings, joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Officials said about 150 couples are eligible to pick up marriage licenses today.
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