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#MarriageEquality, #LoveIsLove And Other Twitter Reactions To Same-Sex Marriage News

DENVER (CBS4) - As Colorado moves forward with granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples, reaction is spreading on Twitter.

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Here are some highlights from notable Coloradans, organizations, media and residents after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from states that sought to keep same-sex nuptial bans in place.

Colorado's attorney general, John Suthers, who sought to stay rulings that would have granted licenses to gay couples until the Supreme Court ruled, immediately issued a statement that said "same-sex marriage will be the Law in Colorado" soon:

Boulder County Clerk and Record Hillary Hall, who is in some ways the face of gay marriage licenses, said her office hoped to begin re-issuing licenses soon:

The announcement, of course, extends beyond Colorado:

Colorado pols weighed in, too:

And there's no significant announcement about gay marriage without political ramifications:

But perhaps The Onion encapsulated Monday's news the best, if not the most succinctly:

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