LOVE Act lets DC residents get married during shutdown

Love was in the air Friday at the Wilson Building in D.C., thanks to the LOVE Act.

On Oct. 7, the D.C. Council passed the Let Our Vows Endure (LOVE) Emergency Act , which gives Mayor Muriel Bowser the power to handle marriage licenses and authorize wedding officiants during the government shutdown.

D.C. residents were able to get marriage licenses for the first time since the shutdown started at the beginning of the month.

Elizabeth Seremet and Bruce Herriott, who met while attending American University, were one of the first couples to get their marriage license on Friday. The pair got married in the ornate mayor’s ceremonial room.

“We have been trying to get married probably for the past month,” Seremet said. “Thanks to the L

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