Sandra Day O'Connor performs same-sex wedding at Supreme Court
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor officiated at the wedding of a gay couple at the Supreme Court, at least the second such ceremony at the court since its June decision expanding federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
WASHINGTON
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has officiated at the wedding of a gay couple at the聽Supreme聽Court, at least the second such ceremony at the聽court聽since its June decision that expanded federal recognition of same-sex聽marriage.
Court聽spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says O'Connor presided over the private ceremony Tuesday in the聽court's lawyers' lounge for Jeffrey Trammell and Stuart Serkin of Washington.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg officiated at a weekend ceremony at the聽court聽in which two New Yorkers, including a former Ginsburg student at Columbia Law School, were married. Ginsburg has officiated at three same-sex weddings.
In June, the聽court聽struck down part of a federal law that denied a range of federal benefits to gay couples who were married in states that allow same-sex unions.