Same-sex marriage isn’t allowed by law in most states. Yet via technology, some same-sex partners have found a way to navigate all-around what numerous think about to be unjust laws, accounts Time. Lately, a same-sex couple in Dallas kept a ceremony where the Justice of the Peace presided via Skype. This "e-marriage" was possible despite the fact that gay-marriage is not supported in TX.
E-marriage feasible in TX, despite state regulations
In Texas, gay marriage might not be recognized, however an e-marriage was still feasible for Mark Reed and Dante Walkup in their home city of Dallas. It was all arranged by Reed who is a board member of the LGBT group GetEQUAL. In WA D.C. it’s lawful to have a same-sex marriage so the e-marriage had been arranged through there. Reed and Walkup wanted so badly to have a matrimony ceremony in the past family and friends which meant they had to really go to D.C. before the ceremony to register for a matrimony license.
Sheila Alexander-Reid appeared via Skype on a 6-by-8 foot screen to officiate the wedding. She is a matrimony equality activist too.
"When we walked down the aisle, as soon as we reached the front, she comes on the screen like The Wizard of Oz," Reed said. "It was beautiful. It wasn't make-believe. It had been like she had been really there."
Seeing other proxy partnerships
Reed thought it would be perfectly fine to have a same-sex e-marriage considering numerous military partners have been married through a teleconference when one party is oversees. Reed is working now with the state and national legislation to make sure that same-sex couples could be married through the web if they want to although there are not any e-marriage regulations right now. Later the same-sex marriage ban in TX could be what he works on. He wants to get rid of it too.
Legal issues being transformed a little
The hope that Dante Walkup and Mark Reed has is that this will help individuals see that change can take place. They know that they are staying all this attention and are glad they are. Technology will continue to make things such as this possible. Horizons will get breached more and more. But as Reed puts it, creativity is needed within the campaign to change minds.
"It's like the more equal we can get through creative approaches, we're going to do it," Reed said.
Citations
Dallas Voice
dallasvoice.com/gay-dallas-couple-legally-weds-texas-aims-bring-emarriage-samesex-masses-1051902.html
Time
newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/14/will-e-marriages-be-the-next-big-thing-for-same-sex-couples/
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