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
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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
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
