Native American tribes challenge Oklahoma gay marriage ban | Al Jazeera America
25.10.13
Native American tribes challenge Oklahoma gay marriage ban | Al Jazeera America: Two gay men are getting married under Native American tribal law in Oklahoma, apparently circumventing a state law that does not allow same-sex unions.
Activists said the marriage advances the cause of gay rights in a state that has blocked federal benefits for same-sex military couples in the past.
Jason Pickel, 36, and Darren Black Bear, 45, who have been together for more than eight years, were planning a trip to Iowa to get married. But they changed their minds when the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes allowed them to pick up a marriage license on Friday in the tribes' courthouse after the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was struck down, Pickel told Al Jazeera.
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