Openly gay Judge refuses to marry straight couples until same sex couples get same rights
An openly-gay judge has said she is refusing to perform marriage ceremonies until same-sex couples can wed.
An openly-gay judge has said she is refusing to perform marriage ceremonies until same-sex couples can wed.
Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker says she won’t use her power to perform legal marriage ceremonies in her court because would be ‘an oxymoron’ for her.
Speaking to a meeting of Stonewall Democrats of Dallas, she said: ‘I use it as my opportunity to give them a lesson about marriage inequality in this state because I feel like I have to tell them why I’m turning them away’, Daily Mail reports.
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Two young Italian girls, both dressed as bride advocating for same-sex marriage at the 2010 Gay Pride in Rome