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Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes (wearing dark blue shirt), of Plano, Texas, relax on a hammock while they enjoy a Saturday at their lake house in Gun Barrel City, Texas on May 31, 2014. Phariss and Holmes are the plaintiffs in the main Texas lawsuit seeking same-sex marriage rights. Photo by Mei-Chun Jau, courtesy of USA Today
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(RNS1-june5) Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes (wearing dark blue shirt), of Plano, Texas, relax on a hammock while they enjoy a Saturday at their lake house in Gun Barrel City, Texas on May 31, 2014. Phariss and Holmes are the plaintiffs in the main Texas lawsuit seeking same-sex marriage rights. For use with RNS-SAME-SEX, transmitted on June 5, 2014, Photo by Mei-Chun Jau, courtesy of USA Today.

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