Same-sex couples get married in Wash.

King County Executive Dow Constantine, right, leans down to embrace Pete-e Petersen as her partner, Jane Abbott Lighty, watches after Constantine issued them the first marriage license to a same-sex couples, Dec. 6, 2012, in Seattle. Constantine began issuing the licenses immediately upon certification of the November election that passed Referendum 74.

Credit: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson