LGBT advocates and marriage equality supporters will participate in rallies planned around the nation before oral arguments begin in the marriage cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The United For Marriage: Light the Way to Justice rallies have been planned in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton before the Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on March 26 and 27 for Windsor v. United States, the case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, and the Prop 8 case challenging California’s marriage amendment.
Fort Worth’s LGBT community will gather bright and early on March 25 at the Rainbow Lounge to celebrate the arguments, as well as state Rep. Lon Burnam’s HB 1300, which calls for marriage equality after the state’s marriage amendment is repealed. The rally is planned for 6 a.m. to noon. For more, go to TinyURL.com/RallyFW.
GetEQUAL TX is having a Dallas rally that night for activists to celebrate the Supreme Court arguments. That rally begins at 7 p.m. at the Legacy of Love monument.
For more, go to TinyURL.com/RallyDallas. Stonewall Democrats of Denton County is also having a rally at the Denton Courthouse Square, 110 West Hickory Street in Denton. For more, go to TinyURL.com/RallyDenton.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 22, 2013.