Posted on 06/27/2015 9:54:35 PM PDT by Steelfish
Michigan Same-Sex Couples Celebrate As They Wed Among Activists And Lawyers
Amanda Holpuch and Ryan Felton 27 June 2015 Shortly after 10am on Friday, Chris Berghuis was barraged by texts from his partner, Derek Davis, asking: “Are you here yet?”
The destination was the Washtenaw County Clerk’s office in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where marriage licenses were being issued to both same-sex and heterosexual couples after the state’s marriage ban had been struck down in a pivotal supreme court ruling that brought marriage equality to the entire United States.
Davis filled out the forms while his soon-to-be-husband drove from work, ecstatic that the day had finally come. A little more than a year before, the couple had been 30th in line at the same county clerk’s office, watching as the people ahead of them received marriage licenses during a brief window in which same-sex marriage was legal in the state.
But the window closed as they waited in line. They were turned away.
“It was more insulting than I could’ve imagined,” said Berghuis.
On Friday, the finality of the court’s decision made way for Davis’ frantic text messages.
“We’ve been waiting so long for this to happen; we just needed this to happen right then,” he said.
Eight hours after the decision was announced, Berghuis and Davis were about 20ft from the traditional wedding arch where they had married. The couple were surrounded by well-wishers, primarily strangers, who had gathered in Ann Arbor’s Kerrywood neighborhood to celebrate the supreme court’s decision.
“Scotus and Potus have our backs, that’s not a joke, it’s just the facts,” said long-time LGBT activist Jim Toy, who stood in front of a community center that was named after him.
The crowd dined on free pizza provided by Dominos, which is headquartered outside the city,
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Figures it was Ann Arbor.
Well Bye
Dominos!
Wait until the newlyweds get a load of the marriage penalty when they file their taxes the one that O loser reinstated he has your back alright.
“It was more insulting than I could’ve imagined,” said Berghuis.
What an absolute drama queen!
Good-bye, Domino’s. It’s the only fast food pizza we order. Not any more. They got an email, too. Companies should experience repercussions from these political statements. God forgive them and have mercy. We know how He dealt with Sodom and Gomorrah. I believe Christians are still the majority in this country, and we have enough intercessors that God will raise up a standard. The enemy has been waging a major psyop campaign that we’re the minority, defeated, and God is done with this country. I don’t believe that anymore. I think the lion is going to roar.
Its suspicious that gay men want to marry when straight men shack up and delay marriage. If I knew any gay men I would ask if they were straight would they be demanding to get married!!!
I have dropped them as well. I even went to their contact page and let them know. Perhaps my couple of bucks wont matter, but I hope millions of others will.
Probably a local independent franchise
or not
Leftists hate dominoes, its supposed to be Christian
Leftists hate the Koch Brothers, they’re supposed to be conservative!
Koch Brothers helped fund the pro-gay marriage side of the case and now this
I wonder how many other false fronts there are out there
what if the whole same sex marriage movement was really secretly funded by divorce lawyers seeking a new revenue stream and the liberals and SJWs and homosexuals have been duped into going along with it?
;)
So I guess the notion that weddings aren’t actually catered by pizza places is false?
“So I guess the notion that weddings aren’t actually catered by pizza places is false?”
This was not just a coincidence, it was a Dominos rub your face in it moment. Never bought their pizza, never will.
Its suspicious that gay men want to marry when straight men shack up and delay marriage. If I knew any gay men I would ask if they were straight would they be demanding to get married!!!
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It’s a novelty. For some, they are caught up in the moment of stupidity. Others think it will magically solve their mental and biological problems. It won’t.
Even if it was “A-Squared”, we should protest to Domino’s over their participation, and boycott them if they do not respond acceptably.
That’s swell. And just wait until they adopt a kid. He will be so well adjusted.
They care so much about the children. I wonder if most liberals would prefer to have been raised by homosexuals.
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