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Shot of the Day: Major Margaret Witt Gets Gay Married in Washington State

Retired Air Force Major Margaret Witt, a key voice in the fight to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," wed her longtime partner Laurie Johnson during a small ceremony at Grande Ronde Cellars in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday. The couple was the first to get their marriage license at the Spokane County Courthouse just before 8:30 a.m. on December 6. Witt's attorney in her successful federal court challenge to her dismissal under DADT, Jim Lobsenz, presided over the ceremony.

Retired Air Force Major Margaret Witt, a key voice in the fight to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," wed her longtime partner Laurie Johnson during a small ceremony at Grande Ronde Cellars in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday.

The couple was the first to get their marriage license at the Spokane County Courthouse just before 8:30 a.m. on December 6. Witt's attorney in her successful federal court challenge to her dismissal under DADT, Jim Lobsenz, presided over the ceremony.

Washington state enacted marriage equality after voters approved Referendum 74 in the November election. Washington now joins Maryland, Maine, New York, Connecticut, New Hamshire, Iowa, Vermont, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia in allowing same-sex couples to marry.

Congratulations ladies!!!

Check out the history making photos that are courtesy of Nate Gowdy and Seattle Gay News.

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