San Francisco gay pride parade has new meaning
Posted on June 30, 2008
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Move over Dykes on Bikes. Here come the brides — and grooms. Given San Francisco’s sizable role in initiating the lawsuits that led California’s highest court to strike down the state’s bans on same-sex marriage, the city’s 38th annual gay pride festival and parade is likely to draw huge crowds this weekend, tourism officials say.
“It’s really going to be a Pride like none other,” said Joe D’Alessandro, president of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. “I have never seen so many rainbow flags in this city, along Market Street, on shops, on homes. It’s really a situation where the people are celebrating and the city is in a very festive mood.”
With 259 marriage license appointments and 284 reservations for wedding ceremonies scheduled at the San Francisco county clerk’s office, Friday was on pace to be the city’s busiest day for weddings since gay marriage became legal earlier this month. There were 202 license appointments and 115 weddings performed on June 17, the first full day that gay and lesbian couples could get married in California.
San Francisco gay pride parade has new meaning
The Associated Press
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