Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas

— Vol. 8: of Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series

Published: August, 2017  Pages: 480  Features: 55 color illus. Notes. Bib. Index.

In early 2013 same-sex marriage was legal in only ten states and the District of Columbia. That year the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor appeared to open the door to marriage equality. In Texas, Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes, together for sixteen years and deeply in love, wondered why no one had stepped across the threshold to challenge their state’s 2005 constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. They agreed to join a lawsuit being put together by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLD. more... about Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas

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