Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Officiate Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony

She will be the first Supreme Court member to conduct a same-sex wedding ceremony.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first Supreme Court Justice to officiate a same-sex wedding on Saturday, according to the Washington Post.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first Supreme Court Justice to officiate a same-sex wedding on Saturday, according to the Washington Post.

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Kennedy Center president Michael M. Kaiser (top right), will be marrying economist John Roberts in Washington D.C., which is among 13 states and 17 other countries that now recognize same-sex marriages.

Kennedy Center president Michael M. Kaiser (top right), will be marrying economist John Roberts in Washington D.C., which is among 13 states and 17 other countries that now recognize same-sex marriages.

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“I think it will be one more statement that people who love each other and want to live together should be able to enjoy the blessings and the strife in the marriage relationship,” Ginsburg said in a recent interview.

“I think it will be one more statement that people who love each other and want to live together should be able to enjoy the blessings and the strife in the marriage relationship,” Ginsburg said in a recent interview.

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Ginsburg and Kaiser are close friends and she an ardent supporter of the fine arts, especially opera, the Post reports.

Ginsburg and Kaiser are close friends and she an ardent supporter of the fine arts, especially opera, the Post reports.

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