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(staff photo by Matt Roth)..Sama Bellomo, right, is a member of the transgender community, so rather than say the words "wife" and "husband" the couple instead substituted "schnookums," their pet names for each other, during their vows. Bellomo and Julie Rosekrans, from Elkridge, were both married at the George Mason Memorial in DC Monday, April 5, 2010. A new Maryland law passed honoring marriages in other states for same sex couples, coupled with the legalization of same sex marriages in DC allowed the couple, who have lived together for four years to legally marry. Dan Furmansky, former executive director at Equality Maryland, was the ceremony's officiant.

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(staff photo by Matt Roth)..Sama Bellomo, right, is a member of the transgender community, so rather than say the words "wife" and "husband" the couple instead substituted "schnookums," their pet names for each other, during their vows. Bellomo and Julie Rosekrans, from Elkridge, were both married at the George Mason Memorial in DC Monday, April 5, 2010. A new Maryland law passed honoring marriages in other states for same sex couples, coupled with the legalization of same sex marriages in DC allowed the couple, who have lived together for four years to legally marry. Dan Furmansky, former executive director at Equality Maryland, was the ceremony's officiant.