D.C. Begins Issuing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

Today, officials in the District of Columbia, for the first time ever, began issuing so-called "marriage" licenses to same-sex couples. In Maryland, officials also said they would do the same.

Last night, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts refused to intervene to stop the pending issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in D.C.

Chief Justice Roberts' refusal to act perhaps signals that the U.S. Supreme Court expects to address the same-sex marriage issue soon, probably via California's Proposition 8 case, which is now working its way through the federal courts.