Kicker: LOVE wins in D.C.

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LINDSAY MAST, HOST: In D.C. love…found a loophole

The D.C. Council passed what it’s calling the “Let Our Vows Endure, or LOVE—Emergency Act.

It let Mayor Muriel Bowser issue marriage licenses despite the federal shutdown. So couples like Elizabeth Seremet and Bruce Herriott could say their “I do’s.”

SEREMET: We weren’t sure if we’d still be able to keep that day. But thanks to the LOVE Act, we are now able to get married.

The bride wore white, and the groom went a bit bolder:

SEREMET: I’m wearing a Scottish kilt. My mom and my whole family on that side are from Scotland, and this is the Innis tartan—my family’s colors.

Proof that you just can’t shut down love!

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