After Prop 8 passed in 2008, Markie and Sarah, who had only been dating three months, went to a protest in Seattle. They landed on the cover of The Seattle Times, which is how they came out to their family. They officially got married in 2016, after an underwater proposal.

Mark and Vic published this op-ed in Dallas Morning News about serving as plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit that challenged Texas’ law banning marriage between same-sex couples.