Greg Bourke, third from left, speaking outside Boy Scout headquarters in Irving. Greg Bourke, one of the named plaintiffs in the Obergefell decision, began his activism in Dallas DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Greg Bourke became one of the named complainants in the Obergefell v.
Hodges marriage equality decision when his lawsuit against the state of Kentucky was consolidated by the Sixth Circuit. But, by chance, his activism actually began on a trip to Irving here in North Texas.
Bourke and his husband, Michael De Leon, sued the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the right to marry and the right to add a second same-sex parent to an adoption in the state.