Watch: 'New Pittsburgh' Celebrates the Marriage of 19 Same-Sex Couples

On Sunday, 19 couples were married at the Pittsburgh City-County Building. Feel the happiness.
Dave Cole,

Video and Photos by Dave Cole

 

There were violins, flowers, family — and yes — tears. On Sunday, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto presided over a group wedding ceremony for 19 same-sex couples, the first major ceremony since a federal judge declared Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional on May 20. The emotional event coincided with the city’s annual PrideFest parade.

Many of the couples had been waiting a very long time for this day.

"We met in 1981 in college, and we fell in love," Penn Hills resident Nancy Janda told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "Honestly, I went to college looking for the right guy, and I found her. It was the surprise of my life."

Outside the City-County chambers, a party awaited.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This article appears in the June 2014 issue of The 412.
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