Showing posts with label Dallas County. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dallas County. Show all posts

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Dallas LGBT Marriage Case Update

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BREAKING: Mark "Major" Jiminez and Beau Chandler announce that they have lawyered up on their marriage equality case which started with a July 5th arrest for sitting in the Dallas County Clerk's office after being denied their marriage license. Their case will be defended by Dax Garvin and Kimberly Butler. A state wide and national call to action has been released in solidarity. More details about the call to action will follow.

Source : Tiffani Equality Bishop, via Facebook Status Update

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Dallas County LGBT Marriage Sit-In Leads To Arrests

Gay Dallas couple Mark Jiminez, Beau Chandler arrested after being denied marriage license at Clerk’s Office in Independence Day protest

Mark Jiminez and Beau Chandler have been arrested for refusing to leave the Dallas County Clerk's office without their marriage license. They are awaiting a bail hearing. The LGBT equality group GetEQUAL TX organised this protest.

Read The Dallas Voice article : ''This is about not being treated equal''