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Gay Texas judge won’t marry straight couples

Tonya Parker, an African-American lesbian judge in Texas, refuses to marry straight couples until everyone in the state has the right to marry.

Turning away would-be newlyweds is “my opportunity to give them a lesson about marriage inequality in this state,” Parker told a meeting of the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas earlier this week.

She said it’s “oxymoronic” for her to perform a ceremony that can’t be performed for her.

Instead, she refers couples to other judges in the courthouse with an explanation along the lines of “I’m sorry. I don’t perform marriage ceremonies because we are in a state that does not have marriage equality, and until it does, I am not going to partially apply the law to one group of people that doesn’t apply to another group of people,” she told the meeting.

#perfecthumanbeing

YES

YES

YES

THIS IS EXACTLY RIGHT

Peaceful protesting: you’re doing it right.

BLESS THIS WOMAN.

THANK YOU JUST 

THANK YOU FOR EXISTING MA’AM

PERFECT

I love you

This is why I love my state

(Source: le-kif-kif)