Oklahoma Independent Media Center

Tying the Knot With the 2008 elections approaching, marriage equality should once again prove a divisive issue for the country. Tying the Knot shows what can happen, and did happen, when anti-gay long-lost relatives reappear in the wake of a loss. The film, sponsored by PFLAG Tulsa, plays at the Circle Cinema, 1 S Lewis, at 7:00 PM, with a 6:30 wine & cheese reception prior to the film. Admission is free. About Tying the Knot When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of police officer Lois Marrero, her wife of thirteen years, Mickie, is honored as her surviving spouse but denied all pension benefits. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher, loses his beloved husband of 22 years, long-estranged cousins of his late spouse try to lay claim to everything Sam has. As Mickie and Sam's lives are put on trial, they are forced to confront the tragic reality that in the eyes of the law their marriages mean nothing. From an historical trip to the Middle Ages, to gay hippies storming the Manhattan marriage bureau in 1971, Tying the Knot digs deeply into the past and present to uncover the meaning of civil marriage in America today.