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Friday, December 14, 2012

Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Available in Montgomery County

Licenses can now be obtained.

The Montgomery County Marriage License Office is accepting applications for same-sex marriage. Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a proclamation enabling Maryland courthouses to issue the licenses last week so that same-sex couples could be legally wed as of Jan. 1, 2013, when the law recognizing same-sex marriage takes effect. “We got about 20 calls asking would we be taking marriage applications for same sex marriage, so I was expecting at least 10 of them to come in," Montgomery County Circuit Court clerk Loretta Knight told the Gazette recently. Knight said one woman was at the office when they opened at 8:30 a.m. the first day it was legal to apply, Dec. 6. However, those eager to wed at the courthouse in Rockville on the first day will have…

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