Four activists arrested in NYC for trying to get married.

Four activists from the non-violent LGBT civil disobedience group, Queer Rising, were arrested this morning (02/12/2010).

Queer Rising staged a marriage equality protest at the Marriage Bureau at 141 Worth Street in New York City, NY where more than 20 same sex couple tried to obtain marriage licenses. Unsurprisingly, their applications were rejected. To send a message to NY City officials, Queer Rising members chained themselves to the railing at the entrance of the Bureau and blocked others from entering. Alan Bounville, Jake Goodman, Justin Elzie and Gabriel Yuri Bollag were arrested. There were about 50-100 supporters of marriage equality at the protest, the slogan they chanted was “one struggle, one fight, marriage is a civil right.”