Kentucky Minister Arrested For Protesting Against Marriage Discrimination

From ThinkProgress Thu Jan 24 2013, 18:36:24

A Baptist minister protested marriage discrimination in Kentucky by refusing to leave the county clerk's office until he and his partner received a marriage license. Rev. Maurice "Bojangles" Blanchard and Dominique James walked in -- already knowing they would be refused -- and were later arrested when the office closed. Blanchard said the sit-in showed [...]

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