{"id":11108,"date":"2014-11-29T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-texas-couple-was-first-to-obtain-marriage-license-42-years-ago-but-did-they-help-or-hurt-the-movement\/"},"modified":"2014-11-29T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T17:00:15","slug":"gay-texas-couple-was-first-to-obtain-marriage-license-42-years-ago-but-did-they-help-or-hurt-the-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-texas-couple-was-first-to-obtain-marriage-license-42-years-ago-but-did-they-help-or-hurt-the-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement?<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c71287e6970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marriage\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c71287e6970b-800wi\" title=\"Marriage\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Forty-two years ago, two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> obtained a marriage license in Wharton County, Texas &mdash; in what was one of the nation&#8217;s first government-recognized same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/politics\/texas\/article\/Unlikely-gay-marriage-pioneers-tied-knot-in-5923174.php\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Houston Chronicle<\/em><\/a> reported Friday on the marriage of Antonio Molina and William &#8220;Billie&#8221; Ert (above), which took place on Oct. 5, 1972.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ert, who performed as a drag queen named Mr. Vicki Carr, wore a wig, make-up and a dress to the clerk&#8217;s office &mdash; tricking officials into issuing the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> a license.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, Molina and Ert held a ceremony in Houston, with the minister who founded Dallas&#8217; Metropolitan Community Church officiating. But by then their same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage made national headlines, and the clerk declined to record the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a>&#8217;s license.<\/p>\n<p>Molina and Ert obtained their marriage license just months before the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota&#8217;s same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage ban, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baker_v._Nelson\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Baker v. Nelson<\/em><\/a>. The high court wouldn&#8217;t take up the issue again until it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2013\/06\/supreme-court-strikes-down-doma-in-5-4-decision.html\" target=\"_blank\">struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act<\/a> in <em>Windsor v. United States<\/em> last year.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the <em>Baker<\/em> decision, Molina and Ert ultimately lost a legal fight to have the license recorded, and the next year the Texas Legislature passed the state&#8217;s first ban on same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Houston Chronicle<\/em> reports that Molina and Ert&#8217;s case &#8220;set back the Texas <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage movement 40 years while also helping to inspire a generation of civil rights advocates&#8221;:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Much of the general public&#8217;s discomfort with the idea was directly attributable to the movement&#8217;s early characters, said State University of New York-Buffalo Law Professor Michael Boucai.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the Texas case, you have a drag queen. That&#8217;s not how <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage advocates like to represent their current constituency,&#8221; said Boucai. In Kentucky, one half of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> who sued for marriage operated a questionable massage service. Two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> in Washington State did not actually believe in the institution of marriage, but still thought they should be able to partake. &#8220;They&#8217;re just not convenient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, told the Chronicle:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;These early marriage cases really were reflective of the fact that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people have always wanted it. But they also remind us it&#8217;s not just about filing the case in court. You also have to make the case in the court of public opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But Melissa Murray, a law professor at UC-Berkeley, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;What these cases did was to bring <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>, loving <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> to the forefront, out of the closet and out of the shadows. I don&#8217;t think you could have a contemporary marriage movement without them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After losing their legal fight, Molina and Ert eventually split up. Ert attempted suicide but survived. However, the Chronicle was unable to determine whether he&#8217;s still alive. Molina died in 1991.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Forty-two years after Ert and Molina obtained a marriage license, Texas same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> eagerly await <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/11\/window-for-gay-couples-to-marry-in-texas-.html\" target=\"_blank\">a federal district judge&#8217;s decision<\/a> on a motion that could allow it to happen again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the <em>Houston Chronicle<\/em> story about Ert and Molina <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/politics\/texas\/article\/Unlikely-gay-marriage-pioneers-tied-knot-in-5923174.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=OVTJjOYYpok:nVIviBB-BgU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=OVTJjOYYpok:nVIviBB-BgU:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=OVTJjOYYpok:nVIviBB-BgU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=OVTJjOYYpok:nVIviBB-BgU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=OVTJjOYYpok:nVIviBB-BgU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=OVTJjOYYpok:nVIviBB-BgU:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=OVTJjOYYpok:nVIviBB-BgU:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/OVTJjOYYpok\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><br \/>\nJohn Wright<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/11\/texas-men-became-1st-gay-couple-to-obtain-marriage-license-42-years-ago-but-did-they-help-or-hurt-th.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2014\/11\/texas-men-became-1st-gay-couple-to-obtain-marriage-license-42-years-ago-but-did-they-help-or-hurt-th.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement? Forty-two years ago, two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> obtained a marriage license in Wharton County, Texas &mdash; in what was one of the nation&#8217;s first government-recognized same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages.&nbsp; The Houston Chronicle reported Friday on the marriage of Antonio &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-texas-couple-was-first-to-obtain-marriage-license-42-years-ago-but-did-they-help-or-hurt-the-movement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement? - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-texas-couple-was-first-to-obtain-marriage-license-42-years-ago-but-did-they-help-or-hurt-the-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement? - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement? 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