Mayor Presides Over Same-Sex Weddings at Baltimore Pride

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officiated at Baltimore's first mass same-sex wedding ceremony, held at the Baltimore Pride Festival in Druid Hill Park on Sunday June 16. Nineteen couples were cheered on by hundreds of family, friends, and the festival crowd.

Mayor Rawlings-Blake acknowledged the victory in achieving marriage equality in the state of Maryland; then presided over the brief service, and filled out and signed the official Maryland marriage certificates. The mayor was also Grand Marshal for the annual Baltimore Pride parade held the previous day, June 15, 2013.

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