PHOTOS: North Carolina families are ready for equality

A ruling in favor of marriage equality in North Carolina is expected any moment. When it happens, it will impact the lives of thousands of LGBT families in the Tarheel State.

Check out who’s ready:

*Mark and Tim are waiting in Winston-Salem*

Watch what happened when they were denied a marriage license the first time and had to go all the way to D.C. to get legally married.

*Amy and Lauren are waiting in Asheville*

In fact, Joey and Scott are so ready that they’ve been camping out at their local Register of Deeds office, waiting for a marriage equality ruling to drop any minute.

*Trudy and Justine, plaintiff couples in a federal marriage equality case in NC, are ready in Raleigh.*

*Jerry and Brent are ready in Winston-Salem.*

*Jan and Beth are ready in Hendersonville.*

Dare told her local TV station why it was important that she and Keisha had the same legal protections as her friends and neighbors.

Mary and Carole are ready in Hendersonville. In fact, they've been ready for 41 years. — *Mary and Carole are ready in Hendersonville. In fact, they’ve been ready for 41 years.*

Cathy and Diane, partners of 15 years and plaintiffs in General Synod of the UCC v. Cooper, waited at their church in downtown Asheville all day on Thursday, October 9, in hopes that a federal judge would mandate marriage equality in North Carolina.

*Janie and Alexis are ready in Asheville.*

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