We’re winning in the courts. We’re winning case after case, as we head back to the Supreme Court for a 50-state ruling on marriage equality. But now is not the time to sit by and wait for court rulings. It’s time to continue and broaden our call for rights by taking action in the public square.
The Campaign for Southern Equality is launching another round of WE DO actions this summer and fall in South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee!
The WE DO Campaign involves LGBT couples requesting marriage licenses in their hometowns across the South to call for full equality under federal law.
We are recruiting:
(1) Unmarried LGBT* couples who will request marriage licenses (training is required);
(2) LGBT* people and allies who will be part of the Support Team that stands with couples.
If you have any questions, contact our campaign manager Lindsey Simerly at lindsey@southernequality.o
WATCH a WE DO Campaign action:
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Marion, North Carolina WE DO action (July 22)
Keisha and Derica will apply for a marriage license at the McDowell County Register of Deeds’ office on July 22 and 11 a.m. In the days after they take action with the WE DO Campaign they will travel to Washington, D.C. to be legally wed, unless Amendment One is struck down by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals before then.
Louisville, Kentucky WE DO action (July 28)
Same-sex Kentucky couples will apply for marriage licenses at the Jefferson County Clerks office in Louisville. Couples will be joined by clergy, friends, family and supporters. They will then travel by bus to Metropolis, Illinois where same-sex marriage is legal. The couples will be married on the banks of the Ohio River just across the water from their home state of Kentucky.
This WE DO action is a joint project of the Campaign for Southern Equality, Faith Leaders for Fairness, ACLU of Kentucky and the Fairness Campaign.
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/478601092274915/.
Greenville, South Carolina WE DO action (July 30)
This action will be led by the Gender Benders, an organization for transgender, gender variant and allied folks in upstate South Carolina, will be leading this action.
Please join us at the Warehouse Theatre in downtown Greenville and support the couples as they apply for marriage licenses!
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/327549554063432/.
Location: The Warehouse Theatre, 37 Augusta St., Greenville, South Carolina 29601
WE DO actions across Mississippi (August 13)
Legally married couples in counties across the state will be recording their marriage licenses at their local chancery courts. This action is a stand against Mississippi’s immoral and unjust ban against same-sex marriage. This also creates a public record that legally-married same-sex couples do live all across Mississippi.
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/1533456656875707/.
