Reed was outraged, presuming the letter was "motivated by homophobia, politics or both," he said.īut the court said its notice had nothing to do with the gender of the men and everything to do with the location of their ceremony. Superior Court informing them that their marriage wasn't official after all. The men thought it worked until the day after Thanksgiving, about seven weeks after the online ceremony, when they received a letter from the D.C. where gay marriage is legal - witness and certify their union from 1,200 miles away via live online video. So instead, the couple had an officiant who is licensed in Washington, D.C. But there was a stumbling block: Same-sex marriage isn't legal in the Lone Star State.
(CNN) - Mark Reed and Dante Walkup wanted to marry in their home state of Texas, surrounded by family and friends.
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