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Maryland Wedding Businesses Eager To Profit From Marriage Equality Law | January 1, 2013, can’t come soon enough for Maryland’s florists, photographers, and wedding planners, who are eagerly anticipating the extra business marriage equality will bring them. Annapolis wedding invitation designer Allison Barnhill explained, “I know there are couples out there that have been waiting for this moment and they won’t want to wait a moment longer to have their special wedding day.” The Williams Institute estimates that in the first three years after the law takes effect, Maryland same-sex couples will generate between $40 and $64 million for the state economy, in addition to whatever revenue out-of-state couples bring.