Marriage Equality

Op-ed: Marriage Equality, and…

One GetEQUAL activist says that when President Obama articulated his evolution, everyone seemed to forget where else he either hasn’t evolved or hasn’t acted. BY DAN FOTOU (Cross-posted from The Advocate) Ever since Wednesday, I can’t help but feel conflicted and a bit deflated. Don’t get me wrong – it was a good day and  Read More »

GetEQUAL protests WH inaction on executive order to ban workplace discrimination

Today GetEQUAL, the headline-making, pro-equality social justice advocates staged a peaceful, ardent protest near the White House to urge President Obama to sign an Executive Order to ban workplace discrimination by fed contractors. Fifteen activists came from around the country to participate in the demonstration, staged the day after the President declared his support for  Read More »

Nearly 100 gather on Cedar Springs to celebrate Obama’s marriage support, protest NC vote

After devastating blows Tuesday with a failed civil unions bill in Colorado and the passage of North Carolina’s Amendment One, the Dallas LGBT community celebrated President Barack Obama’s public endorsement of same-sex marriage at a rally Wednesday night. Nearly 80 people gathered at the Legacy of Love Monument at Cedar Springs and Oak Lawn to  Read More »

Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir Gets Equal

Earlier this week on Valentine’s Day while most of use were either out having a special dinner or enjoying the company of ourselves, Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir had her office “Occupied”. It wasn’t your traditional sit in. Members of GetEQUAL Texas were joined by members of Occupy Austin in requesting (and being denied) same sex marriage  Read More »

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BE MY VALENTINE  | Paula Blackmon, right, chief of staff for Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, accepts a bag containing more than 400 Valentine’s Day cards addressed to Rawlings from Daniel Cates, left, North Texas regional coordinator for GetEQUAL. Cates delivered the cards written by community members to Rawlings, who has refused to sign a pledge in support  Read More »

Group Rallies in Fort Worth for Same-Sex Marriage

FORT WORTH, Texas – Same-sex couples gathered in Fort Worth on Tuesday in a pro-gay marriage demonstration. The Valentine’s Day rally held by GetEQUAL TX included a walk through downtown to the Tarrant County courthouse. There, several gay couples applied for marriage licenses and were denied. “Definitely disappointed but we’ll keep trying, keep trying until we  Read More »

Marriage-license protest ends in arrest

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It’s Valentine’s Day a day for flowers, chocolates and fancy dinners. It’s also a popular day for couples to tie the knot unless they happen to be gay and in New Mexico. Late Tuesday morning several same sex couples in Albuquerque were trying to get marriage licenses. State law doesn’t recognize gay  Read More »

GetEQUAL TX Will Occupy County Records Building Once a Month For Marriage Equality

Photo by Anna Merlan Hendrix Scott, left, and Jennifer McCluskey celebrate Valentine’s Day by not being able to pick up a marriage license from Dallas County. ​The bride wore a strapless dress in shades of blue and white. The other bride wore a battered leather jacket, a shiny, pale pink tie and a snug gray  Read More »

Texas LGBT activists arrested for occupying county clerk’s office

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Taking their cues from the local “Occupy” movement, three LGBT activists in Austin allowed themselves to be arrested Tuesday morning during an annual marriage equality protest at the Travis County Clerk’s office. Instead of the usual parade of LGBT activists applying for marriage licenses on Valentine’s Day, about 40 people representing a  Read More »

Lesbian couple denied marriage license in Dallas; 3 arrested at clerk’s office in Austin

GetEQUAL’s Daniel Cates, left, speaks to County Clerk John Warren, right, as lesbian couple Hendrix Scott and Jennifer McClusky look on. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Hendrix Scott and Jennifer McClusky applied for a marriage license at the Dallas County Clerk’s office today. More than a dozen people came to witness the couple applying for their license,  Read More »