The usually Spartan feel of the Capitol South metrorail station has been broken by, of all things, pictures of smiling couples. As part of an advertising campaign, all nine available billboard spots at the station’s entrance have taken to declaring the merits of marriage. While it isn’t odd for policy pushers to target the metrorail system, especially stations close to the Capitol campus (like Capitol South and Union Station), we were struck by all the happiness amid all the miserable commuters.
The ads feature a picture of a smiling couple and a pro-marriage message, from the simple “Marriage Works” to “Kids of married couples do better in school” and “Married people make more money.” While DCist has not yet made the rounds of all the 88 stations in the transit system, the ads have also been spotted at Federal Triangle and Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan.
