Democrats over the weekend put themselves on track to endorse a pro-gay marriage plank for their convention platform, but neither the party nor the Obama campaign wanted to talk about it Monday. Six states have legalized gay marriage and three more have legalization measures on the ballot for the fall, but the gradual increase in  Read More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 9, 2012 Media Contacts: Michael Diviesti, (512) 694-3394, michael@getequaltx.org Heather Cronk, (202) 491-7240, heather@getequal.org Dallas Same-Sex Couple’s Marriage Equality Sit-In Results in Excessive Sentencing Same-Sex Couple Now Facing $2,000 Fine and 180-Day Jail Sentence for Civil Disobedience in Dallas, Texas Dallas, TX — Mark “Major” Jimenez and Beau Chandler were arrested on  Read More »

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Beau Chandler, left, and Mark Jiminez. They will likely face misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass. A Dallas couple was arrested Thursday after they tried to get a marriage license. Mark Jiminez and Beau Chandler were quickly turned down when they tried applying for a marriage license at the Dallas County Clerk’s Office.  Read More »

DALLAS (AP) — Two men have been arrested after they were denied a marriage license by the Dallas County clerk and launched a protest. Mark Jiminez and Beau Chandler say they were protesting Texas’ ban on gay marriage, passed in 2005. The two men went to the clerk’s office Wednesday afternoon to file for a  Read More »

Something is up in the great state of Texas, where nothing is in the middle of the road, except a yellow stripe and a dead armadillo. Gay couple Mark “Major” Jiminez and Beau Chandler of Dallas, Texas applied for a marriage license yesterday afternoon at the Dallas County Clerk’s office marriage bureau, and when refused, engaged in  Read More »

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE | A Dallas County sheriff’s deputy leads Beau Chandler to a patrol car after he was arrested at the Clerk’s Office on Thursday. Chandler and Mark Jiminez applied for a marriage license but were denied. View more photos and watch video at DallasVoice.com. (Anna Waugh/Dallas Voice) Gay Dallas couple Mark Jiminez, Beau Chandler arrested  Read More »

Related: LINK: “Free Major and Beau” Facebook event page DALLAS – Two gay men were arrested Thursday in Dallas after handcuffing themselves together in the county records building downtown. Beau Chandler and his partner, Mark “Major” Jiminez, went to the Dallas County Clerk Records Building to apply for a marriage license. When they were turned  Read More »