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Related: About this forumGetting Married ‘Where We Live’: Why Each Marriage Equality Ruling is Historic
http://www.thenation.com/blog/180158/getting-married-where-we-live-why-each-marriage-equality-ruling-historicShari Roll was clutching the marriage certificate. Renee Currie was clutching Shari Roll. And when their designated officiant, Mike Quieto, pronounced them married, they smiled so perfectly, so naturally, that it seemed as if this was just another wedding on the courthouse steps.
And, of course, it was.
The only distinction was that this was the first legally recognized marriage of two women in Wisconsin, the first same-sex marriage in Madison, the one of the initial celebrations of the marriage equality ruling issued by a federal judge Friday afternoon. By the end of the night in Madison, sixty-one same-sex couples had been issued marriage licenses by Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell, while sixty-eight had been issued by Milwaukee County Joe Czarnezki.
Together for years and very much in love, Roll and Currie could easily have driven to the neighboring state of Iowa, which has since 2009 recognized marriage equality. Thousands of Wisconsin couples, including Congressman Mark Pocan, D-Madison, and his husband, Phil Frank, married outside the state after a ban on same-sex marriages was enacted in 2006. But Roll and Currie decided to wait for a future when the state could no longer restrict the most basic rights of loving couples.
We wanted to get married where we live, explained Shari Roll.
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Getting Married ‘Where We Live’: Why Each Marriage Equality Ruling is Historic (Original Post)
xchrom
Jun 2014
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Loudly
(2,436 posts)1. I wonder if that amendment could even pass today.
Of course, I wonder how Scott Walker got elected and survived recall.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. walker surviving that recall is a very bitter moment. nt
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)3. I have to admit, I was shocked
I just couldn't understand it... still can't.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. i can't either -- that should have been a pivotal moment. nt
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)5. I live in the deep red of WI and, honestly, I wasn't.
He has a lot of support here. I know, I know... .
Milwaukee and Dane County are both very liberal. Outside of that, this state is politically a lot like any in the south.