--- description: The Supreme Court Justice officiated her former law clerk's ceremony title: Elena Kagan Officiates First Same-Sex Wedding image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Elena Kagan Presides Over Same-Sex Wedding for First Time  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 1:01 AM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 1:01 AM CUT U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan presided over a [same-sex wedding for the first time](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/elena-kagan-gay-wedding%5Fn%5F5861620.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016 "undefined") in her career in law this weekend. Kagan officiated the ceremony of her former law clerk Mitchell Reich and his now husband Patrick Pearsall, in Chevy Chase, Md., on Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Kathy Arberg, a spokesperson for the Supreme Court, confirmed it was Kagan’s first time officiating a same-sex wedding. Fellow Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has officiated the weddings of LGBT couples before — one of them held at the Supreme Court — along with retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The Supreme Court could decide during its next term, which begins Oct. 6, whether all couples across the country can get married under the Constitution. \[[_AP_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/elena-kagan-gay-wedding%5Fn%5F5861620.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016 "undefined")\] Elena Kagan Presides Over Same-Sex Wedding for First Time ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3419841/elena-kagan-same-sex-marriage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3419841/elena-kagan-same-sex-marriage/"},"headline":"Elena Kagan Presides Over Same-Sex Wedding for First Time","datePublished":"2014-09-23T01:01:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:20:54.124Z","description":"The Supreme Court Justice officiated her former law clerk's ceremony","url":"https://time.com/3419841/elena-kagan-same-sex-marriage/","keywords":["LGBT","Gay Marriage","Supreme Court","Marriage Equality"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3419841/elena-kagan-same-sex-marriage/","name":"Elena Kagan Presides Over Same-Sex Wedding for First Time"}}]}] ```