Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jack Baker (born Richard John Baker, 1942) was a gay activist in the U.S. state of Minnesota from 1969 to 1980. He and Michael McConnell (born James Michael McConnell, 1942) repeatedly sought to obtain a marriage license and at one point succeeded in doing so and were married. Their attempt to assert their rights as a married couple ended when the Minnesota Supreme Court decided the case of Baker v. Nelson in 1972 and the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed their appeal "for want of a substantial federal question.". }
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- Jack_Baker_(activist) abstract "Jack Baker (born Richard John Baker, 1942) was a gay activist in the U.S. state of Minnesota from 1969 to 1980. He and Michael McConnell (born James Michael McConnell, 1942) repeatedly sought to obtain a marriage license and at one point succeeded in doing so and were married. Their attempt to assert their rights as a married couple ended when the Minnesota Supreme Court decided the case of Baker v. Nelson in 1972 and the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed their appeal "for want of a substantial federal question."".