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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Rev. Ed Ingebretsen, Washington, DC

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Periodically we’ll feature one of our vendors here to let our readers know about some great people who can help you plan the perfect wedding.

Gay Friendly DC Wedding Vendors

Reverend Ed Ingebretsen, Washington, DCThank you for considering my services as you plan your wedding. I can help you bring to absolute perfection your most special of days. Whether you’re looking for a simple ceremony for two, or something more – civil or religious – let me help.
How I can help:

Filing for the license: Traveling to DC? The marriage laws require three full days between the filing of an application and receiving the license. I CAN FILE FOR YOU BY PROXY, LONG-DISTANCE, and spare you the trip. You can pick up your license and have your wedding on the same day!

Full-service wedding consultation: From where to stay to where to host your ceremony, I know the city’s resources. Let me help you craft a ceremony that everyone will remember.

Get married in DC and have your public ceremony where you live! Let me help.

See Reverend Ed’s Expanded Listing on Purple Unions Here

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DC: Wedding Vendors See Big Boost From Gay Weddings

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Orders started streaming in at Da Vinci’s Florist & Lighting in Silver Spring in the months following the legalization of same-sex marriage in the District last March. The store’s wedding department manager, Diana Skenderovic, began marketing to couples on GayWeddings.com, after attending the city’s first gay and lesbian wedding expo that May, and quickly saw results. This year, she said, is shaping up even better than the last. Business from same-sex couples is up nearly 40 percent.

Da Vinci’s is among a number of local wedding vendors to have witnessed an increase in business since the District legalized gay marriage, supporting predictions that the law would benefit the region’s economy.

“There seems to be some windfall for our small businesses engaged in the event and wedding industry,” said Jeffrey D. Richardson, director of the D.C. Mayor’s Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. “There is potential for a real long-term economic impact.”

Full Story from The Washington Post

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DC: Recently Married Couple May Be Separated By Immigration

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Washington DC Binational CoupleEdwin Echegoyen and Rodrigo Martinez have been together for 8 years and recently sealed their commitment with a marriage ceremony in DC. But the couple is fighting to stay together. Martinez faces deportation back to his homeland of El Salvador Wednesday.

Martinez’ tourist visa expired in 2004. Since then, the couple has been fighting for legal status. “They (immigration) would ask for more and more paperwork, ” said Martinez, “so I thought this was going the right way.”

Then a final letter was recently sent to their home, addressed to Echegoyen. “This last letter was not only a letter on the case, but an order for me to turn in the person who I love most in the world.”
The men maintain if they were a married straight couple, Echegoyen, a U.S. citizen, could sponsor his spouse for U.S. residency. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) bans the federal government from recognizing same sex union for immigration.

Full Story from WUSA9

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Gay Marriage Events Today/Tomorrow: West Hollywood, Washington DC

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Gay Marriage Events December 14th, 2010Here’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!

–USA, CA, West Hollywood: 12/14, Love Honor Cherish Meeting, Nat’l Council Of Jewish Women, 7:30 PM.
–USA, CA, West Hollywood: 12/14, Equal Roots Joins Hands & Hearts, West Hollywood EQCA Office, 7:30-9 PM.
–USA, DC, Washington: 12/14, Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance Meeting, Sumner School Museum, 7 PM.

Full Events List/Add Your Own Event: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html

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Gay Marriage Events Today/Tomorrow: West Hollywood; Rochester, NY; DC

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Gay Marriage Events December 13th 2010Here’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!

–USA, CA, West Hollywood: 12/14, Love Honor Cherish Meeting, Nat’l Council Of Jewish Women, 7:30 PM.
–USA, CA, West Hollywood: 12/14, Equal Roots Joins Hands & Hearts, West Hollywood EQCA Office, 7:30-9 PM.
–USA, DC, Washington: 12/14, Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance Meeting, Sumner School Museum, 7 PM.
–USA, NY, Rochester: 12/13, Marriage Equality/EROC Meet-Up, Equal Grounds Coffee Shop, 6:30-8 PM.

Full Events List/Add Your Own Event: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html

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TX: Wedding of Gay Couple Married on Skype Declared Invalid in DC

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Mark Reed-Walkup and Dante Walkup, of Texas, are the first same-sex couple in the U.S. to use Skype to become legally married. But now their marriage has been ruled unacceptable.
The men, who have been together for more than 10 years wanted to get married, but same-sex marriages are not performed or recognized in Texas.

They wanted their wedding to take place in their home town of Dallas, so they did some research and found that they could be married by an officiant in Washington, D.C., via Skype. “We travelled to the District of Columbia in May and went to the marriage bureau and got our licence,” said Reed-Walkup, 51.

Full Story from Lez Get Real

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DC: Supreme Court Considering Taking Gay Marriage Case

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

US Supreme CourtA lawsuit over a referendum on same-sex marriage has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. And it’s not Proposition 8.

The lawsuit is Jackson v. D.C., an appeal that asks whether the District of Columbia charter (the city’s equivalent to a constitution) can bar voters from considering a ballot measure that would amend the charter in a way that would violate the city’s human rights law.

D.C.’s charter prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, and, earlier this year, the city enacted a marriage equality law that enables same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses the same as straight couples.

Full Story from Keen News Service

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DC: Gay Marriage Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Step In

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Opponents of same-sex marriage in Washington are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case. A group headed by Bishop Harry L. Jackson which had opposed same-sex marriage in the city says it filed a petition with the high court on Tuesday, asking the justices to take their case.

Washington began allowing gay marriage in March. Jackson and opponents of gay marriage had previously argued in court that the issue of same-sex marriage should go before D.C. voters.

D.C. courts ruled, however, that city officials could pass a law barring initiatives from the ballot if they conflict with a city human rights law. The group plans to hold a news conference Wednesday.

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Full Story from WTOP

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DC: NOM Sponsored City Council Candidate Loses With Just 20% of the Vote

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

In the District of Columbia, NOM lost big yesterday. The homophobic organization’s candidate for DC City Council in Ward 5, Delano Hunter, got thumped. Incumbent Harry Thomas Jr. defeated Hunter by a 3 to 1 margin. Here is the latest breakdown courtesy of DCist:

Ward 5 Council
Harry Thomas – 62.05%
Delano Hunter – 20.07%
Kenyan McDuffie – 13.77%

As we’ve reported, NOM spent big on this race. And, Hunter secured the endorsement of the Washington Post in an editorial that told us to ignore his homophobia.

Full Story from America Blog

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DC: What Happens to Marriage Equality if GOP Gains Control of Congress?

Monday, September 13th, 2010

If the Republican Party regains control of Congress on Nov. 2, already-stalled pro-gay legislation would be dead — at least barring an uncharacteristically bold lame-duck action by Democrats. On the bright side, the prospects are fairly good for the District of Columbia to defend its marriage-equality law.

LGBT activists in D.C. have struggled with our congressional overlords for decades. Congress used a legislative veto against our sodomy law repeal in 1981, and an appropriations rider against our domestic partnership law in 1992. After Congress stopped obstructing domestic partnerships in 2001, D.C. passed more than a dozen bills incrementally strengthening that law. Our final step to full marriage equality last year was taken with one eye firmly fixed on Capitol Hill.

This battle testing leaves us ready, in the event of a GOP congressional takeover, to fight opponents like Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who failed to get even a majority of House Republicans to co-sponsor the D.C. Defense of Marriage Act in the 111th Congress.

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