Tomorrow Molly and April will walk into the Probate Judge’s office in Mobile County, Alabama and ask for a marriage license. They should be served. But as of this morning, all 67 counties across Alabama …
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North Carolina Senate passes discriminatory bill
Moments ago, the North Carolina Senate passed SB2 in a 32-16 vote. The bill allows magistrates and other officials to refuse to perform marriages based on their personal religious beliefs. Read more about the bill …
Alabama probate judges violating federal law
Marriage equality became the law of the land in Alabama yesterday and it was amazing to see couples marrying in towns including Birmingham, Huntsville and Montgomery. But a majority of counties across the state are …
Statement on Alabama Probate Judges Violating Federal Law
“Probate judges in every Alabama county should immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in accordance with today’s action from the U.S. Supreme Court. Alabama families can’t wait any longer for the freedom to marry …
CSE Launches LGBT Rights Toolkit
The Campaign for Southern Equality has launched a new online LGBT Rights Toolkit (www.lgbtrightstoolkit.org) in order to address the urgent legal needs of LGBT Southerners. This online toolkit is designed to help LGBT Southerners – …
Supreme Court will hear 4 marriage equality cases
The US Supreme Court today announced that they would review the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rulings in marriage equality cases from four states: Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee and Ohio. This means that the nation’s highest …
Recap of 5th Circuit hearings
At 4:30 this morning, in the dark of an unusually cold New Orleans morning, people started lining up in front of the federal courthouse where the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals would hear arguments in marriage equality cases …
Mississippi marriage case headed to 5th Circuit
At 10 a.m. on January 9, a three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant, the case that struck down Mississippi’s ban on …
What you need to know about the Fifth Circuit marriage cases
On Friday, January 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear arguments in three separate marriage equality cases from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. While the cases are being argued on the …
Having “The Talk” With My Sons
By Sarah Thach My partner and I are the mothers of three beautiful sons aged 10, 6, and 4. Our youngest two boys are African-American, and my partner, our oldest boy, and I are white. …
