WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Washington D.C. City Council voted 12-1 Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages from states that allow those unions. Mayor Adrian Fenty has indicated he will sign the measure. It will then become law after a mandatory 30-day congressional review period if Congress fails to overturn the measure. Former Mayor Marion Barry cast the lone dissenting vote.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.
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