Amen, people.
Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to permit gays and lesbians to wed just after midnight today, when Cambridge City Hall welcomed more than 250 same-sex couples who hugged, cried, cheered, and applied for the marriage licenses many thought they would never see in their lifetimes.
(Links: Boston.com homepage and gay marriage coverage, and HRC wedding album.)
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I was listening to NPR at work this afternoon and during the report they played part of the audio from one ceremony. When the officiant said, “By the power vested in me by the state of Massachusetts,” people cheered. I teared up.
YAY for MA!
Who’s next?!