Mark Phariss
Latest Stories

a8e4dc8f536124084d0f6a7067009575.jpg
File - In the Feb. 12, 2014 file photo, Victor Holmes, left, and partner Mark Phariss, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. Republican attorneys general across the U.S. are fighting court rebukes of same-sex marriage bans in their states. But Texas' Greg Abbott is doing so against extraordinary personal ties: Phariss, one of the gay men challenging the law here is an old friend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

4c457424536124084d0f6a7067006cb1.jpg
File - In the Feb. 12, 2014 file photo, Victor Holmes, left, and partner Mark Phariss, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. Republican attorneys general across the U.S. are fighting court rebukes of same-sex marriage bans in their states. But Texas' Greg Abbott is doing so against extraordinary personal ties: Phariss, one of the gay men challenging the law here is an old friend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

1386f00f0bbef7084c0f6a706700faf3.jpg
Gay couples from left, Cleopatra De Leon and Nicole Dimetman, and Mark Phariss and Victor Holmes, give a news conference in San Antonio on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 after U.S. Federal Judge Orlando Garcia declared a same-sex marriage ban in deeply conservative Texas unconstitutional. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)

5c7e9cd111829f064b0f6a706700462b.jpg
Victor Holmes, left, and partner Mark Phariss, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

02e86a59ef078f054b0f6a706700f1b8.jpg
In this Feb. 7, 2014 photo, Mark Phariss, left, and Victor Holmes watch a movie at their home in Plano, Texas A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in a lawsuit brought by two homosexual couples who say the Texas Constitution’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional because it denies them the right to be treated like everyone else. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Lisa Krantz) RUMBO DE SAN ANTONIO OUT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT

d87ca3bcef078f054b0f6a70670078dd.jpg
In this Feb. 7, 2014 photo, Mark Phariss, left, watches as Victor Holmes gets kisses from Jake, one of their three beagles, at their home in Plano, Texas A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in a lawsuit brought by two homosexual couples who say the Texas Constitution’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional because it denies them the right to be treated like everyone else. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Lisa Krantz) RUMBO DE SAN ANTONIO OUT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT