State Rep. Deborah Mell has legal gay marriage in Iowa

Dan82 · Sep 3, 2011

http://www.suntimes.com/7372564-417/state-rep-deborah-mell-has-legal-gay-marriage-in-iowa.html

State Rep. Deborah Mell (D-Chicago) quietly made Illinois history last week.

She got married.

To a woman.

Mell, 43, is the first high-profile elected official in the state to publicly enter into a same-sex marriage.

But she had to go to Iowa to do it.

It’s one of only six states plus the District of Columbia where same-sex marriage is legal. A judge in Davenport performed their civil ceremony last Wednesday.

Mell’s wife of one week is Christin Baker, 36, a national director for the YMCA. They dated for seven years.

“Our relationship deserves marriage,” said a beaming Mell, her newly wedding-banded hand resting on Baker’s shoulder Tuesday. “That’s how I feel about it. I mean there was a time in our relationship where it just wasn’t right to call Christin my ‘partner’ or my ‘friend’ . . . or even my ‘civil-unionized partner.’ You know she’s my wife. . . . We deserve those titles, those rights...

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Olive · Sep 6, 2011

Yay Iowa!

Katelynn · Sep 6, 2011

Congratulations Deborah & Christin!!! Ah, weddings are always so wonderful!!!

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