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Black same-sex couples get marriage licenses in DC

Rod McCullom | Posted March 4, 2010 1:55 PM

There's very emotional video shot by DC Agenda that features several black gay and lesbian couples getting married in Washington DC. Rocky Galloway (left) and Reggie Stanley--who are profiled at Freedom to Marry--were among the first of about 100 couples applying for marriage licenses. Galloway says, "We're the parents of two daughters. And they'll grow up in a household where their parents are married, like any other household in the District of Columbia."

Stanley adds: "We're proud of the institution [of marriage] and what it means to each other and to our community."

There is also a short interview with Darlene Garner and Candy Holmes, the black lesbian couple, both ordained ministers, who were profiled last June when President Obama extended limited federal benefits to spouses of gay and lesbian federal employees.

All the couples are so overjoyed they are tearing. Good luck and congratulations to them all. Watch the video below or at the Rod 2.0 web site.

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Writer and television news producer Rod McCullom is a frequent contributor to The Advocate and The Huffington Post. His blog is Rod 2.0.

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Comments 9

nhlanhla
2010-03-04 16:33:37

too cute... dolls

Mike
2010-03-04 16:49:24

Good for them, bet Marion Berry and that so called, money hungry, GOP paid preacher must have their heads spinning round faster than a baseball!

Let all the couples love and treasure each other always!

jayjoe
2010-03-04 16:52:28

This may be the fulcrum upon which national rights tilt in our favor. This victory has literally left me bouyant all day! The battle continues...

H. Smart
2010-03-04 23:30:09

I wonder if marriage is what these particular gays really want? This is such a straight "thing" and traditionally it has been a dysfunctional institution. I wish them well, but I foresee the same back lash that Brown versus the Board of Education resulted in. We wanted the same and got less. Good luck ya'll!

nhlanhla
2010-03-05 11:26:34

just for a second.... can you be in the moment?

ablaye
2010-03-05 16:44:21

Hi nhlanhla. I am. And savoring it. Love, Ablaye.

tjr
2010-03-06 13:47:12

Wishing them much happiness!

Justin
2010-03-06 14:18:33

GAY-MARRIAGE=GAY-DIVORCE What's there to celebrate about?

Ron Lee
2010-03-08 00:05:09

I'm happy for the love that each of these couples have for one another and wish them everlasting love. However;as a Black Man I know they'll still be discriminated against for being Black, racial discrimination for non-white people will continue long after the white gay community has gotten their covetted marriage rights. The fight for you my Brothers & Sisters goes unabated.

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