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Article: Arrests end protest over same-sex law.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- September 25, 2007
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Byline: Berny Morson, Rocky Mountain News
An Englewood couple was arrested Monday while challenging the state ban on same-sex marriage in Denver.
Sheila Schroeder, 43, and Kate Burns, 44, were led away in handcuffs by police when they refused to leave the Denver Clerk and Recorder's Office after being refused a marriage certificate.
"We're sorry for the disturbance, but we won't leave until we're provided with the same rights as everyone else," Burns told Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O'Malley.
Denver police Lt. James Henning said Burns and Schroeder would be issued a summons for trespassing and released.
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