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Nov 29, 2010

D.C. Marriage Bureau Rules Same-Sex Skype Wedding Invalid

Earlier this month, we highlighted the marriage of Mark Reed and Dante Walkup — two men who wed in a Dallas, Texas hotel ballroom as D.C.-based official Sheila Alexander-Reid presided via Skype — as a clever exploit of the jumbled legislation on same-sex unions. But it looks like we (and several other more prominent media outlets) may have jumped the gun a bit. Amanda Hess reports today that the District’s marriage bureau has “kicked back” Reed and Walkup’s marriage certificate.

 
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