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St. Pete Pride in photos

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Thousands upon thousands of people crammed into about a mile’s worth of road Saturday evening for the annual St. Pete Pride. The 2015 festival, the city’s 13th, has grown into Florida’s largest LGBT and diversity celebration. Charged from Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling making same-sex marriage the law of the land in all 50-state, the festivities were all the more festive. From decked out queens to scantily clad babes, this year’s Pride had the makings of one heckuva photo shoot. If…

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Uber shows its LGBT Pride with in-app rainbow flag promotion

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For the month of June, Uber is showing its Pride with a little bit of marketing, which has gone viral in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage. Each virtual Uber car icon shown in the popular ridesharing app has a small rainbow flag attached – the near-universal symbol of the LGBT movement. Although the promotion has been in effect for the past few weeks, the initiative took off since Friday’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v.…

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Pinellas Stonewall Democrats president Susan McGrath celebrates marriage equality ruling

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This is a monumental weekend for the LGBT community. Same-sex couples can now get married in all 50 U.S. states and those who were already married in one of the states who already overturned bans on same-marriage will have their marriages recognized in the 14 states where it was still against the law. Susan McGrath, president of the Pinellas County Stonewall Democrats – named after the 1969 Stonewall riots that serves as the kickoff of the American gay rights movement…

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Supreme Court ruling sets gay unions in motion

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The Latest on the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage. (All times Eastern) ___ 11:40 a.m. Gay marriages are already underway in states where they were banned until the Supreme Court ruling Friday. Several gay couples have received marriage licenses in Atlanta since the decision came out. One of those couples, Petrina Bloodworth and Emma Foulkes, were wed in a morning ceremony and are the first same-sex couple to be married in Georgia’s Fulton County. So says court clerk James…

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Florida politicians react to Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling

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The U.S. Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family, the Court said in its majority ruling. “[Challengers] ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court’s…

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SCOTUS upholds same-sex marriage nationwide

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“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family … [Challengers] ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” — Supreme Court of the United States. Legal same-sex marriages must be recognized throughout the United States, according to a ruling by the Supreme Court Friday morning. In a major victory for the LGBT community, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled on whether states…

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Today on Context Florida: Floridian spending power, Franklin Graham, Escambia kids and Mark Foley

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Today on Context Florida: Presidential candidates talking about the national economy should be concerned with the spending power of the average Floridian, says Dale Brill. What Florida voters signal via the ballot box likely will be influenced by their weakening spending power and reactions to policies that offer viable solutions. How are Floridians doing? Let’s turn to the numbers. Trends across four indicators provide a starting point for conversations about the health of Florida’s economy: median household income; personal income per…

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