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Marylanders may be hoping to get same-sex marriage this year, but one member of the D.C. Council wants to make it easier for same-sex marriages performed here to be ended.

WJLA reports that Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) is holding a hearing mark-up today in which legislation will be considered that would allow married same-sex couples more flexibility in dissolving their union.

Under existing law, one half of the couple has to be in the District for six months before filing for divorce; under Mendelson’s proposal, that requirement would be waived if both sides live in a jurisdiction that does not allow for same-sex divorce. Since only six states allow same-sex marriage currently, we’re guessing that residents of the remaining 44 states would qualify if they married in the District.

How quickly the joys of legal same-sex marriage gave way to some of the realities of, well, marriage.

UPDATE, 3:15 p.m.: Mendelson is holding a mark-up today of the legislation. The hearing was held late last year, where the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance endorsed it.