(26 Jun 2025)
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Dallas – 13 June 2025
1. Various of Gabriel Mendez and Kenneth Denson looking at wall of photos
2. Tight of sign that the couple placed on the entrance of their comic store
3. Tight of photo of couple kissing
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Denson, Texas Resident:
“So we were at the courthouse bright and early just to you know to wait and see if it was going to happen and it did and so we were one of the first folks in line here in Dallas to be able to get married.”
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ARCHIVE: Dallas – 26 June 2015
5. STILL of Mendez and Denson kissing after getting married
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ARCHIVE: Washington – 26 June 2015
6. Various of crowd gathered outside of the Supreme Court
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ARCHIVE: Louisville, Kentucky – 26 June 2015
7. People cheering in Jefferson County Clerk’s office as Timothy Love and Larry Ysunza become first couple to get a marriage license in Louisville, UPSOUND (English): "Love has won"
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ARCHIVE: Washington – 26 June 2015
8. STILL of same-sex marriage supporters gathering outside Supreme Court
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Columbus, Ohio – 24 June 2025
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Kobil, Capital University:
“The court said that the right of marriage is such a fundamentally important right that it extends to everyone regardless of whether they love persons of the opposite sex or persons of the same sex.”
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Columbus, Ohio – 18 June 2025
10. Various of Shirley Lange and Kris Elliott playing with their puppy
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Shirley Lange, Ohio resident:
“That was when we had sort of the, I guess you would call it the come to Jesus talk about. Wow, this is more than just a friendship for both of us.”
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12. Medium of Lange looking through wedding album
13. Various of photos
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Kris Elliott, Ohio resident:
“I wanted to make sure something happened to me. Was the person who would inherit if something happened to both of us that I had a legal relationship.”
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ARCHIVE: Washington – 7 October 2022
15. STILL of Supreme Court Justices
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ARCHIVE: Washington – 23 April 2021
16. STILL of Justice Clarence Thomas
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ARCHIVE: Washington – 8 December 2022
17. STILL of sign reading “Respect for Marriage Act”
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Columbus – 18 June 2025
18. Tight of photo of Lange and Elliott
19. Various of Lange and Elliot playing with puppy
20. Tight of Lange and Elliott family
STORYLINE:
KENNETH DENSON AND GABRIEL MENDEZ SAY THEY REMEMBER JUNE 26, 2015 LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
THE COUPLE HAD TAPED A SIGN ON THE DOOR OF THEIR COMIC BOOK STORE, WARNING CUSTOMERS THE STORE MAY OPEN LATE BECAUSE THEY HOPED TO BE MARRIED THAT MORNING.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Denson, Texas Resident:
“So we were at the courthouse bright and early just to you know to wait and see if it was going to happen and it did and so we were one of the first folks in line here in Dallas to be able to get married.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPTURED THE MOMENT THEY DID.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN OBERGEFELL V. HODGES 10 YEARS AGO ENDED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BANS IN 14 STATES INCLUDING TEXAS, WHERE DENSON AND MENDEZ LIVED.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Kobil, Capital University:
“The court said that the right of marriage is such a fundamentally important right that it extends to everyone regardless of whether they love persons of the opposite sex or persons of the same sex.”
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