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Friday, March 02, 2012

Wedding Industry Readies For Md. Same-Sex Marriage

WASHINGTON - The announcements went out last week, and the setting has been arranged: Maryland's same-sex marriage bill will become law in a signing ceremony Thursday.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who sponsored the bill, will do the honors at the State House at 5 p.m.

The law will take effect in January 2013 -- unless it fails in a likely referendum in November -- and business owners like Tracy Callahan of Bethesda Florist are ready.

He saw an immediate spike in business after the District of Columbia legalized same-sex marriages.

"Right off the bat, we had about six or seven weddings," he says.

Wedding planners also saw business increase.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What do they do on their honeymoon - go antiqueing?

Anonymous said...

Falling in Love is great but some people can't handle or help themselves.(it was one of the two)

Anonymous said...

Anonymous 9:47am - What does that mean? Is there a hidden meaning "It was one of the two"

Anonymous said...

Sorry, if a was a florist, caterer, photographer etc... I would politely decline my services.

Anonymous said...

I guess the school textbooks will also have a windfall coming also changing the term marriage.

Anonymous said...

I thinks it's terrible that the state of MD is exploiting the mentally ill AKA Gays.