The wedding industry—as many who have experienced it know—is basically a furnace into which couples shovel their money. And in states where same-sex marriage has, to this point, been prohibited, vendors, florists, hotel owners, caterers and others are getting ready for more shoveling to start taking place. [...]
Federico Vizcarra, a caterer in Fort Worth, Texas, said he began servicing LGBT events in the city years ago out of a desire to see social equality. As a Latino, he explained, he understood what it was like to be on the wrong side of discrimination.
But there was also a gaping business hole to fill. For the last five years, Vizcarra said, his was the only catering company doing business with the city for its gay pride parade. Now that gay marriage is coming to his state, he hopes old clients remember his name and that the advertisements he's been running for gay weddings (even as it was prohibited in Texas) pays off.