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Statement by Mayor Kriseman on the Supreme Court's ruling affirming marriage rights of same-sex couples

Today, the United States Supreme Court made history in affirming what most of us already knew: that same-sex couples have as equal a right to marriage as everyone else, that love is love.

 

For too long, this issue has been politically divisive. May today's ruling by the highest court in the land serve as the moment when we turn the page and embrace a future filled with hope and love.

 

I am pleased by the decision of the court, and look forward to celebrating this historic ruling during St. Pete Pride festivities this weekend.

 

 

Join Mayor Kriseman for St. Pete Pride events this weekend. Learn more here.  
Public Highlights for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Sunshine City

June 26 through July 4, 2015  

Friday, June 26, 6:30 pm

Flick & Float Movie Night
Northwest Pool
Learn more here. 
Friday, June 26, 7:00 pm 

St. Pete Pride: 27/82 The Concert

Learn more here.

 

Saturday, June 27, 9:00 am 

Crescent Lake Clean Up
Learn more here.

 

Saturday, June 27, 5:00 pm 

St. Pete Pride Parade
Learn more here.

 

Sunday, June 28, 11:00 am 

 St. Pete Pride Festival
Monday, June 29, 9:30 am  

Mayor Kriseman and Deputy Mayor Tomalin: Recycling Kick-off Press Event
Old Southeast Neighborhood  

 
Tuesday, June 30, 8:30 am  Deputy Mayor Tomalin: Florida Association of Community Corrections Annual Conference, Vinoy

Tuesday, June 30, 10:00 am  Deputy Mayor Tomalin: St. Pete Test Kitchen with the Rays

Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 pm  Deputy Mayor Tomalin: Keynote,
SPYP Leadership Roundtable, City Hall

Friday, July 3  City Offices will be closed in observation of Independence Day 
 
In The Media : 
Saturday, June 30

Tampa Bay Times: Jabil signs 3-year lease in Ceridian Building in St. Petersburg

 

St. Petersburg contract electronics manufacturer Jabil confirmed it signed a three-year lease for 51,000 square feet in the Ceridian Building at 3201 U.S. 19 S to house about 365 of the company's IT workers. 

 

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Thursday, June 25

St. Petersburg Tribune: 'History' in the making for St. Pete LGBT Pride festival   

 

"Making History" is the theme of the 13th annual St. Pete LGBT Pride festival that begins Friday, and that could happen in a few ways.

 

The three-day festival and parade come as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to make a long-awaited and historic decision on gay marriage.

 

 [Read full article] 
Thursday, June 25

Creative Loafing Tampa: Who Cares? As voters evolve on LGBT issues, pockets of resistance still lurk   

 

St. Pete City Council has three openly gay members - Amy Foster, Steve Kornell and Darden Rice. In notoriously conservative Hillsborough County, openly gay County Commissioner Kevin Beckner has won a countywide seat not once, but twice.

 

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Thursday, June 25

Bay News 9: Rainbow flag raised over St. Petersburg City Hall 

 

Mayor Rick Kriseman raised a rainbow flag Thursday over City Hall in St. Petersburg.

 

The flag was raised to honor St. Pete Pride, which is a month-long festival each June. Pride Week will wrap up with an illuminated night parade in the historic Kenwood and Grand Central districts on Saturday.


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Thursday, June 25

Creative Loafing Tampa: Kriseman hoists rainbow flag over St. Pete City Hall to herald Pride 

 

For the second year in a row, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman raised the rainbow flag above City hall to mark the start of the city's Gay Pride festivities.

 


Compared with last year's flag ceremony, this one was short and sweet, and carried out with a little less fanfare.

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Thursday, June 25

St. Petersburg Tribune: Gay pride flag flies over St. Pete City Hall   

 

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and other dignitaries raised the Pride flag at City Hall today, a prelude to what could be a record-setting St. Pete LGBT Pride festival that begins Friday.

 


[Read full article]  
Thursday, June 25

ABC Action News: As St. Pete Pride grows in popularity, so do local businesses along Central Avenue   

 

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman kicked off St. Pete Pride weekend Thursday morning by raising the rainbow flag over city hall.

"This flag that we are about to raise over City Hall represents unity," Kriseman said to a small crowd gathered outside.

  [Read full article]  

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City of St. Petersburg 
175 5th Street North 
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 
Phone: 727-893-7201