Officials Didn't Want Dan Savage to Be Marital Test Case

march 9, 2004  09:56 am
Officials Didn't Want Dan Savage to Be Marital Test Case
King County Executive Ron Sims had to race ahead with his plan to challenge state law prohibiting gay marriage after the editor of The Stranger showed up at the courthouse on March 5 seeking a marriage license. Bob Young reports in The Seattle Times that gay marriage proponents wanted to have "hand-picked couples" challenge the law but feared the controversial author of the sex advice column Savage Love (pictured) might beat them to it.