“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 … Read More
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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 – … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Definitive 2014 Campaign for Southern Equality Round Up
The Campaign for Southern Equality’s year in video and images! It was an amazing year for LGBT rights across the South. 1) Same-sex couples all across North Carolina recorded their out-of-state marriage licenses at their … Read More
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. … Read More
Fifth Circuit will hear appeal in Mississippi marriage case on January 9th
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has announced that it will hear oral arguments in Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant on January 9th. “We are very pleased that the United State Court of Appeals for … Read More
Black Lives Matter
By Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Executive Director, Campaign for Southern Equality It is hard to find words as I process the fact that a grand jury did not bring charges against the officer who killed Eric … Read More
