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Historic Marriage Happens on Union Street

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Parks officiates the wedding of Joe Cox and Bobby Buith. (Courtesy photo)

ALEXANDRIA, VA – On January 29th, Alexandria Clerk of Circuit Court Greg Parks officiated at a historic marriage ceremony under new authority granted to Clerks by the Virginia General Assembly in 2024.

The ceremony was for Alexandrians Joe Cox and Bobby Buith.

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Clerk of the Court, Greg Parks with the happy couple. (Courtesy photo)

Parks, who is the only openly gay elected Clerk in the Commonwealth, said he was particularly pleased that his first wedding as an officiant was for a same-sex couple.

The nuptials were held at the Union Street Public House which provided lunch for the reception afterwards.

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Mary Wadland

Mary Wadland is the Publisher and Editor in Chief of The Zebra Press, founded by her in 2010. Originally from Delray Beach, Florida, Mary is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hollins College in Roanoke, VA and has lived and worked in the Alexandria publishing community since 1987.

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