Rooted Out

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A documentary about how a gay couple’s right to marry is challenged by when a town clerk refuses to sign the couple’s marriage license. - On a beautiful July day in 2018, Thomas Hurd and Dylan Toften took the day off from their respective jobs to apply for a marriage license. When they arrived at their small town hall, the town clerk refused to issue the marriage license on religious grounds. The inaction suddenly put Root, New York on the map.Within a day, on account of a viral social media post by Toften, the denial was national news. Newspapers, LGBTQ blogs, and television stations cove ...

Read More red the story. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo publicly vowed to take action in the case, and the state opened an investigation. Just over a week later, the town hall was over capacity as proponents of the town clerk and supporters of the gay couple waited to be heard at the monthly town meeting. The town supervisor barred medi

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