Two men use Skype to have a legal wedding in Texas
Mark Reed and Dante Walkup just got legally married in Texas, where gay marriage is not legal. How did they do it? It’s called “e-marriage.”
They found a creative way around inequality. The two men and their families joined together in Texas. The wedding was officiated by a woman who was in Washington D.C.—where gay marriage is legal—using Skype.
According to the report by Dallas Voice, the couple wanted to have their wedding in Texas to be with their families and friends.
“It was very important that all of our family came. It was the first time they actually met, even though we’ve been together 10 years. If we had to go to D.C., there’s no way we could have had the people there who we wanted to be there.”
The couple were married on October 10th, 2010 (10/10/10) at a hotel in Dallas, Texas, with a projection screen behind them.
According to the report, there are no laws against e-weddings in Washington D.C., so the men understand that their marriage could be debated in court.
The couple had to first go to Washington D.C. to register. The marriage license was then mailed to them a few days after their wedding.
