MALVEAUX: You're looking at the first same-sex couple for a marriage license in Washington State. C.B. Peterson and Jane Abbott Lightly have been together since 1977. Washington voters approved a referendum legalizing same-sex marriage last month and the first licenses were issued this morning.</s>KELLY MIDDLETON, FIRST IN LINE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSE: It is something we've been waiting for, for a very long time.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, beyond belief.</s>CHRISTOPHER SMITH, FLORIST: It is really exciting. As a gay man myself, it's been something that up until very recently I never even thought could happen.</s>MALVEAUX: Voters in Maryland and Maine also approved same-sex marriages last month. We don't know who will get the awards at the 55th Grammy ceremony in February but we do know who's got a shot at it. The Grammy nominations out. We have the names.
Same-Sex Marriage Starts in Washington State.