Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) hosted a celebration at the Rayburn House Office Building the evening before the Religious Freedom & Civil Marriage Equality Act became law in D.C. Guests were entertained by the Rock Creek Singers of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington and shared wine and cheese with D.C. City Council members David Catania, Phil Mendelson and Jim Graham.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)

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