Michael Henninger

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Elijah Socie, 6, of Brookline, runs underneath a large pride banner while carrying a pride flag to celebrate a federal judge ruling Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional held on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

Peter Karlovich, right, proposes to his partner of 28 years Steve Herforth, left, in front of the crowd gathered to celebrate a federal judge ruling Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional held on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. After learning of the court's decision, Karlovich went out and purchased a wedding ring. Herforth said yes. The couple lives on Mt. Washington. After the proposal, Herforth exclaimed, "It's going to make my life complete."

A crowd gathers to celebrate a federal judge ruling Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional held on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

The day after a federal judge ruled Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, Jess Garrity, left, and Pamela VanHaitsma, right, hug their friend Jamie Phillips, center, while standing first in line to apply for a marriage license inside the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Garrity and VanHaitsma have been together for more than 4 years, and plan to get married immediately following the three-day waiting period for the marriage license. The two are from Friendship. Phillips lives in Highland Park.

Dek Ingraham of Sharpsburg sheds a joyful tear after applying for a marriage license with his partner of 10 years, J.R. Shaw, at the City-County Building on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, a day after Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage was ruled unconstitutional.

Pamela VanHaitsma, right, and Jess Garrity, right, of Friendship, kiss while riding down an elevator in the Frick Building in Downtown Pittsburgh with their attorney Sam Hens-Greco, left, after receiving a waiver to the normal three-day waiting period for a marriage license from Common Pleas Judge Lawrence O'Toole, on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.

Pamela VanHaitsma, left, and Jess Garrity, right, of Friendship, are married before District Judge Hugh McGough at his Squirrel Hill office on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The couple received their marriage license after receiving a waiver to the normal three-day waiting period from Common Pleas Judge Lawrence O'Toole.

Drag queen Anna Steezia poses for a portrait behind a pride flag during the first of two Fabulous Gay Fridays, a free concert in Market Square sponsored by the Delta Foundation, on May 30, 2014.

Jessica Gauze, 26, left, kisses her fiance Dusty Cochran, 36, on the hand before taking part in Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's group same-sex wedding ceremony in celebration of Pennsylvania's newfound marriage equality involving 19 couples inside the City Council chambers in the City-County Building on Sunday, June 15, 2014.

Nineteen same-sex couples, including at far right Amit Gokhale, 36, and his fiance, to his left, Sameer Samudra, 39, take their seats as Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto officiates a group same-sex wedding ceremony in celebration of Pennsylvania's newfound marriage equality inside the City Council chambers in the City-County Building on Sunday, June 15, 2014. Samudra and Gokhale live in Columbus, Indiana, and have been together for 10 years.

Ray Sager, 47, left, puts his arm around his fiance Dennis Mowrey, 45, as the two are wed by Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto during a group same-sex wedding ceremony in celebration of Pennsylvania's newfound marriage equality involving 19 couples inside the City Council chambers in the City-County Building on Sunday, June 15, 2014. The couple lives in Highland Park.

Mayor Bill Peduto joins the 19 same-sex couples whose weddings he had just officiated outside the Pittsburgh City-County Building as the group gathers to lead the Pittsburgh Pride Parade through Downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 15, 2014.

Jessica Gauze, 26, in white shirt and black pants, marches on Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh in the Pittsburgh Pride Parade while holding a pride banner with her wife, Dusty Cochran, 36, in the white dress, after taking part in Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's group same-sex wedding ceremony in celebration of Pennsylvania's newfound marriage equality involving 19 couples inside the City Council chambers in the City-County Building on Sunday, June 15, 2014.