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Same-sex marriage becomes legal in DC; line forms

JESSICA GRESKO

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – Same-sex couples can start applying for marriage licenses Wednesday in Washington.

Supporters say couples planned to line up before the city’s marriage bureau opened at 8:30 a.m., and officials at the courthouse were expecting 200 or more people.

At least 16 couples were waiting at 7:15 a.m. inside the city’s Moultrie courthouse, which houses the marriage bureau and is just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.