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How Two Gay Men Used Skype To Have A Legal Wedding In Texas
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Nov 11, 2010 10:57pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mark Reed and Dante Walkup had been together for 10 years when they decided to get hitched. There was one problem: they wanted to be wed at home, in Texas, where gay marriage is illegal. So they fired up Skype.
Determined to marry amongst friends and family in Dallas, Reed and Walkup turned to technology to make their dream wedding come true. They traveled to Washington DC, where they applied for and received a Certificate of Marriage. Then they found Officiant Shiela Reid-Alexander to preside over the ceremony back in Dallas.
On their big day, the Dallas banquet hall had all the usual trappings of a wedding, but it also had an AV system and an internet connection. On a screen behind the grooms, Reid-Alexander appeared via Skype to officiate the ceremony remotely from D.C., where gay marriage is legal. |
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