On Friday, August, 30, 2013, Kristin Hedin and L Rankin, residents of Forsyth County, North Carolina, will request a marriage license at their local Register of Deeds’ office as the WE DO Campaign continues to grow across the South. In this stage of the WE DO Campaign, we are seeking a local elected official in the South who will grant a marriage license to a LGBT couple as an act of conscience.
Together for 3 years, Kristin and L are seeking a marriage license because they wish to have their relationship recognized by their community and government. Despite a state ban on same-sex marriage, they will ask the Forsyth County Register of Deeds Office to issue licenses as an act of conscience. You can send Kristin and L a message of support here and read their letter to the Forsyth County Register of Deeds below.
August 2013
Dear Mr. C. Norman Holleman,
My name is L Rankin and I have been in a loving, committed relationship with my partner, Kristin Hedin for more than three years. We live in Winston Salem. When we met, we were both looking for someone who believed in the same values, who cherished life and who had arrived at a point in which to share deep love with someone. It was an instant connection and over the years, we have fallen more deeply in love. We live each day loving each other more than the day before. There have been ups and downs of course as in any relationship and it is through those times where we know we are meant to be together because we weather the storms as well as celebrate in the triumphs. I asked her to marry me last June even though the state of North Carolina does not recognize same sex marriages. I asked her because in the deepest part of my soul I knew I had found the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Our state doesn’t believe that we should get married, but our friends and families do and that means the world to us. We have planned a wedding for Oct 4th, 2014. It is far away partly to plan but more importantly to see if North Carolina will change its perceptions on how marriage should be defined.
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