Supreme Court rulings bolster gay pride events

Lisa Leff Associated Press Comments Marchers walk down Fifth Avenue Sunday during the 2013 New York Gay Pride March in New York. (Timothy Clary /Getty Images) San Francisco — Gay rights supporters crowded parade routes in San Francisco, New York and other major U.S. cities Sunday to celebrate what once was unimaginable — two Supreme Court victories on same-sex marriage. The high court gave celebrants one more reason to cheer Sunday when Justice Anthony Kennedy rejected a last-ditch effort by opponents to stop gay marriages in California. Among the thousands at San Francisco’s event, now in its 43rd year, were scores of teenage girls, opposite-sex couples and families with children. “You can...