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31 August 2013
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US Supreme Court's Ruth Bader Ginsburg to perform gay wedding
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is poised to become the first
judge on the country's highest court to perform a same-sex marriage.
Mrs Ginsburg, 80, officiates this weekend at the wedding of
Michael Kaiser, 59, president of the Kennedy Center performing arts
space, and economist John Roberts, 32.
Mr Kaiser is a personal friend of hers.
In June, the Supreme Court overturned a law that banned recognition of
same-sex marriages by the US government.
The ruling granted legally married gay men and women access
to the same federal entitlements available to opposite-sex married
couples.
Mrs Ginsburg, who was appointed to the nine-member high court
in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, voted in the majority in that case.
Same-sex marriage is now legal in 13 states and Washington
DC, and since the court's decision, the federal government under
President Barack Obama has taken several steps to grant same-sex
marriage couples the same legal status as opposite-sex couples.
The ceremony will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, the
Associated Press reports.
Mrs Ginsburg told the Washington Post newspaper she believed
none of the Supreme Court justices had been asked previously to conduct a
same-sex ceremony for fear it would compromise their ability to hear a
case on the issue.
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