The city council of the District of Columbia today voted unanimously to recognize as legal those marriages performed in states that permit same-sex couples to wed.  The vote came as an amendment to an underlying bill that could see passage in a matter of weeks.  Many expect the council will soon take up legislation to allow same-sex couples to legally marry in the District.

Councilman David Catania, who is openly gay, told the Washington Post, “This is the march toward human rights and equality. This is not the march toward special rights. This is the equality march and that march is coming here.”