The couple currently resides in New York, where gay marriage is legal, but they wanted to make a statement in Washington.īy 4 p.m., scores of people wearing rainbow colors crowded Metro’s Red Line to Dupont Circle, where the massive, boisterous crowd jostled to exit the platforms.
Marriott International, which sponsors the parade, arranged for longtime couple George Carrancho and Sean Franklin - who met in Texas, where same-sex marriage is illegal - to marry atop one of the floats. With a landmark Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage expected in the coming weeks, the District’s 40th annual jam-packed, rainbow-studded Capital Pride Parade featured a float with a gay couple tying the knot.
