Oklahoma gay couple marry under Native American law

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Oklahoma gay couple marry under Native American law

By Heide Brandes
EL RENO, Oklahoma | Fri Nov 1, 2013 9:57am EDT

(Reuters) - In a small chapel at historic Fort Reno, a same-sex couple has exchanged wedding vows in Oklahoma, a state where gay marriage is banned.

Jason Pickel, 36, and Darren Black Bear, 45, were legally married on Thursday night after obtaining a marriage license through the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes, a sovereign nation in Oklahoma.

Gay marriage is banned in Oklahoma but the marriage laws of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe do not specify gender and only require that one of the pair be a tribal member.

Pickel, who is not a tribal member, and Black Bear said they originally planned to have a small, intimate wedding and did not even plan to send out invitations.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/01/us-usa-gaymarriage-oklahoma-idUSBRE9A00JW20131101

[Zorra]

1. Crazy Horse's Revenge! Tribes could really piss off and stick it to conservative/republican bigots

by universally allowing same sex marriage.