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SC: Couple Applies for Marriage License

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

South Carolina Marriage LicensesOne Myrtle Beach couple spent their Valentine’s Day afternoon in tears. The same sex couple went to apply for a marriage license in protest of state law that outlaws same sex marriage. Lora Talbot is a lesbian. Her partner Benji Herndon, [is] transgender. The two have been in a relationship for three years and have a child together.

Tuesday afternoon, the couple waited in the probate office where marriage licenses are issued to see if they could apply for one.

“Today’s the day of love. Everybody should be celebrating today. Everybody’s got something to celebrate. We want to have our own celebration. I want to go home and be able to tell our kids, “hey, we’re married.” Ya know?,” Talbot said.

Full Story from Carolina Live

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ND: Gay Couple Applies for Marriage License

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

It’s a first in North Dakota. In a follow-up to a story we first brought you last night, a same-sex couple applied for a marriage license seeking the same benefits as a husband and wife.

Lenny Tweeden and Wayne Roselle came here today to defy North Dakota Law and become the state’s first same-sex married couple. But they knew the answer they would get and when they got inside, there were no surprises.

For the couple of nearly 30 years, it is time for a change. No longer partner and partner or boyfriend and boyfriend, Lenny Tweeden and Wayne Roselle want to be husband and husband.

Full Story from WDAY

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FL: Lesbian Couple Runs Into Trouble at DMV With Out of State Marriage License

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Florida DMV & Marriage EqualityFlorida does not recognize same-sex marriage, which can pose problems for gay couples who wed out of state and try to use their marriage certificate as a legal document back home.

That was the experience of Patch reporter Rachel Jolley, who went to the Department of Motor Vehicles in St. Petersburg to put her married name on her driver license.

Although Jolley had been advised over the phone by a Department of Motor Vehicles represenatative that she coule present her Connecticut marriage certificate to complete the name change, she was refused service in person.

Full Story from Patch.com

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NY: First Gay Couples to Apply for Marriage Licenses Get Wrong Forms

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

New York Gay WeddingsSame-sex couples eager to marry in New York hit a bureaucratic snag when marriage license applications made available to them for the first time on Tuesday still used the terms “bride” and “groom.”

City Council spokesman Jamie McShane said forms that accommodate all marriages would be online sometime on Tuesday, less than three weeks before New York State’s Marriage Equality Act takes effect.

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the act into law on June 24, making the state the sixth and most populous in the United States to allow gay marriage.

Full Story from Reuters

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MI: Transgender Man and Fiancee Denied Marriage License

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Transgender Man in MichiganThis occurred in Pontiac, Michigan. Via Michigan Messenger with video from the local Fox affiliate:

“Jordan Swan, who is a female to male transgender man, says he went to the Oakland County Clerk this week to marry his fiancee. The two paid for their marriage license, swore their oaths and signed on the dotted line. Then they were off to the chapel to get married… or so they thought. Swan tells Fox 2 News that shortly after the happy couple left the clerk’s office they received a call telling them they had to return to the offices to get a refund for their marriage license fee. The reason they were offered when they got to the offices? Swan is not a man because he doesn’t have a penis.”

Unfortunately for the county officials, it’s the penis that makes the man.

Full Story From Pam’s House Blend

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UK: Lesbian Couple to Demand Marriage License in Petersfield

Monday, November 29th, 2010

A lesbian couple in Hampshire will attempt to register a marriage tomorrow. Colette French and Katie Green, both 21, say that civil partnerships were created to deny gay couples equality. They will go to Petersfield Register Office in Hampshire tomorrow but expected to be turned away.

They are the fifth of eight straight and gay couples to attempt to register for ceremonies they are not entitled to.

The applications are part of the Equal Love campaign, which is challenging the ban on gay marriage and straight civil partnerships.

Full Story from Pink News

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UK: Gay Northampton Couple to Ask for Marriage License in Campaign

Monday, November 15th, 2010

UK Gay MarriageA gay couple in Northampton will attempt to marry tomorrow as part of a campaign to open up marriage and civil partnerships to both straight and gay couples.

Matthew Toresen and Scott Maloney will almost certainly be turned away from Northampton Register Office and plan to take legal action over the refusal.

They are the third couple in the Equal Love campaign to apply for a ceremony they are not entitled to. Earlier this month, Rev Sharon Ferguson and her partner Franka Streitzel were denied permission to marry in Greenwich, while Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle were refused a civil partnership in Islington.

Full Story from Pink News

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UK: First of Eight Gay Couples Denied Wedding License

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

United Kingdom Gay MarriageThe first of eight gay and straight couples to challenge the UK’s marriage laws have been denied a marriage at a London registry office, as expected. Rev Sharon Ferguson and her partner Franka Streitzel, the lead gay couple in the Equal Love campaign, were denied permission to marry this morning in Greenwich.

They expected to be rejected and are to return to the registry office tomorrow to pick up an official letter of rejection, which they will hand to Professor Robert Wintemute, their lawyer in the case.

Rev Ferguson told PinkNews.co.uk: “It is about segregation and discrimination. Straight couples can get married but not have a civil partnership, gay couples can have a civil partnership but can’t get married.”

Full Story from Pink News

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CO: First Gay Marriage License Was Issued in Boulder, CO in 1976

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Clela RorexAs a child of the turbulent sixties, I was convinced time promised a better tomorrow. Through assassinations and a bloody war, bold Americans learned to speak up for their beliefs and work for what was right.

There was a sense that – yes, change was tough, but we’ll evolve through our difficulty towards a brighter tomorrow. These were the days of the Mustang and Joplin – of a country on fire, looking for healing and freedom from repression and ignorance.

Clela Rorex is hardly a household name, but her determination to do her job responsibly put her at the flash point social change. In Boulder Co, on March 26, 1975, Clela issued the first same-sex marriage licenses in the United States. Her motivation was clear – open up society for all pledged couples because it was the right thing to do.

Full Story from the Huffington Post

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IL: Lesbian Couple Marches to Iowa for Marriage License After Being Denied in Illinois

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

(John Schultz / Quad-City Times)

When Lindsey O’Brien and Rachel Miller walked into the Rock Island County Clerk’s Office to ask for a marriage license on Friday, the answer they got was quick and succinct.

“No.”

An entourage of about 10 people who were with the same-sex couple merely said, “soon, soon,” as they walked out. O’Brien, 26, of Moline and Miller, 26, of Chicago, with their friends and family carrying rainbow flags, then marched across the Centennial Bridge to the Scott County Recorder’s Office where they promptly received their marriage license.

While the march was symbolic, O’Brien said it is a small step toward a goal of seeing same-sex couples having all the recognition, rights and benefits of traditional married couples in the U.S.

Full Story from the Quad City Times

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