Same-Sex Marriage Campaign Visits DeKalb Courthouse
Nobody was surprised when probate court clerks turned down five couples who tried to obtain marriage licenses on Monday afternoon. The We Do Campaign of the Campaign for Southern Equality organized the effort.
Five same-sex couples tried to obtain marriage licenses at the DeKalb County Courthouse on Monday in a campaign designed to draw attention to Georgia's laws prohibiting marriage between people of the same gender. One after the other, five couples stepped up to the counter of the DeKalb Probate Court office and said they wanted marriage licenses. Mary Jones, an employee, told Rob Anglin and Jens Palsgaard of Lithia Springs that Georgia law does not allow people of the same gender to marry. Anglin and Palsgaard said they really loved each other and wanted to make it legal. "I understand that, sir, but it's the law," Jones said. Anglin said that Rosa Parks helped usher in a major change by refusing to give up her bus seat during the …
A Decatur Mom
1:18 pm on Sunday, April 7, 2013
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