Gay Pride Parades Celebrate Supreme Court Win

Gay Pride Photo Gallery A rainbow flag hangs inside San Francisco's City Hall during gay pride celebrations Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery At the gay pride parade on Hennepin Avenue, "Geneva" walks of behind the Gay 90's foam party float in the Gay Pride Parade in Minneapolis, Minn. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Seattle Gay Pride Bryan Fabert drums as he marches in the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Members of the Chicago Lesbian and Gay Police Association wave to crowds during the Chicago Gay Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Boy Scouts from the Chief Seattle Council carry U.S. flags as they prepare to march in the Gay Pride Parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Revelers cheer on a float in the West Village during the gay pride march in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Tim, right, and Joseph Ginejko hold their 6-month-old twin daughters while watching San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. The couple, who traveled from Fresno, Calif. for the celebration, wed in 2008. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Erika Locatelli stands atop a hoop-style wedding gown float as she is pulled along the parade route of the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Steven Menendez of New York cheers as he participates during the gay pride march in New York Sunday, June 30, 2013. Same-sex marriage supporters gathering for gay pride parades in several major U.S. cities got more good news Sunday when Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a last-ditch request from the sponsors of California's now-overturned gay marriage ban to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Derik Kleinhesselink, also known as "Dolly Madison," marches with Starbucks employees at the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery A participant in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade waves to crowds on Broadway Street in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Organizers expected numbers to meet or exceed last year's attendance of 850,000 people. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Edith Windsor, the 84-year-old woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits, smiles as she cools herself with a fan showing her image during the gay pride march in New York Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery The rainbow-colored gay pride flag flies next to the U.S. flag at right, and next to flags indicating current American League West MLB baseball standings, Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. The pride flag was flown on a pole where the state of Washington flag usually is displayed, and was flown on the same day as Seattle's Pride Parade. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery Anisa Alejandrino, 2, pushes Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie in a stroller while waiting for the start of San Francisco's 43rd annual gay pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Photo Gallery A Seattle Police Deptartment car driven by officer Bob Peth and carrying his husband Aaron Fletcher in the passenger seat proceeds on the route at the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. The couple married Dec. 9, 2012, the first day that same-sex weddings became legal in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
GFL NYC Pride March Event Greater Fort Lauderdale model goes barefoot trading white sand in for asphalt during the New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
GFL NYC Pride March Event IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - Crowds enjoy the Hello Sunny sunglasses handed out by Greater Fort Lauderdale at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
GFL NYC Pride March Event IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - Greater Fort Lauderdale swimsuit models getting playful inside the iconic beach mobile at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
GFL NYC Pride March Event IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - A parade onlooker jumps the barricade to grab a photo with Greater Fort Lauderdale swimsuit model at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
GFL NYC Pride March Event IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - Despite the rain, Greater Fort Lauderdale made by-standers say "Hello Sunny" at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
Paul Katami, Jeff Zarrillo Proposition 8 plaintiffs Paul Katami, right, and Jeff Zarrillo kiss while riding in San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. The couple wed on Friday after a U.S. Supreme Court decision cleared the way for same-sex marriages in California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco Dsiree Chavez bears a sign thanking the U.S. Supreme Court for clearing the way for same-sex marriage in California while marching in San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. Chavez walked as part of a Mormons for Marriage Equality contingent. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco Participants ride up Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Nancy Pelosi House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi waves a rainbow flag while riding in San Francisco's 43rd annual gay pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco Tim, right, and Joseph Ginejko hold their 6-month-old twin daughters while watching San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. The couple, who traveled from Fresno, Calif. for the celebration, wed in 2008. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gavin Newsom Holding his daughter Montana, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom greets spectators during San Francisco's 43rd annual gay pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. As mayor of San Francisco in 2004, Newsom ordered city clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco Members of Cheer SF perform during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco Deanna Ryan carries the letter "O" as part of a balloon brigade spelling "love" during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco Revelers fill Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco Clad in angel wings and perched on stilts, Joey Reinert shakes hands with spectators during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco A United Airlines employee waves to spectators while carrying a rainbow flag up Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
APTOPIX Gay Pride San Francisco Alan Boyle helps carry a rainbow flag up Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
APTOPIX Gay Marriage Parades Grand Marshal Edith Windsor, the 84-year-old woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits, is surrounded by well-wishers during the gay pride march in New York on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Seattle Gay Pride Erika Locatelli stands atop a hoop-style wedding gown float as she is pulled along the parade route of the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Seattle Gay Pride Harper Sorensen, 2, sits atop the shoulders of his father Svend Sorensen as they march in the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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