Seven same-sex couples wed at City Hall on New Year's morning

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officiates marriage of longtime city employee

Shortly after 12:30 a.m. New Year's Day, not long after fireworks had erupted at the Inner Harbor, James Scales and William Tasker kissed in the ceremonial room of Baltimore City Hall sealing their new marriage as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who'd just officiated the ceremony, looked on. Then Scales, a manager in the mayor's office since William Donald Schaefer was in charge, threw up his right hand, Tasker beamed, and the room erupted in cheers.

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