An amicus brief filed today by the Campaign for Southern Equality and the Equality Federation calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to act quickly to ensure the freedom to marry across the nation. The brief … Read More
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Taking action in Alabama
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
PHOTOS: Moral March in Raleigh
For the past few years, the Campaign for Southern Equality has been a part of a coalition led by the North Carolina NAACP that organizes protests in Raleigh – and across the state – pushing back on the … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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