As reported by KOMO News, Sarah and Emily Cofer became the first same-sex couple in King County (Seattle, Washington) to get married at 1 minute past midnight.
Six other states: Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Massachusettes, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont had already enacted laws or had court orders issued permitting same-sex marriage, but last month, Washington, Maine and Maryland became the first states to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote.
Gov. Chris Gregoire and Secretary of State Sam Reed certified the election on Wednesday with the law taking effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Washington has a three-day waiting period to get married, so the first weddings were not able to take place until Sunday, when the Cofers were married after having been together for over 10 years.
The couple were married at the King County Courthouse by Judge Mary Yu as shown in the video above.
Several local judges volunteered their time to perform marriage ceremonies on Sunday.
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