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Today three LGBT couples – Michel McVicker and Alyssa Weaver, Pastor Ra’Shawn Barlow-Flournoy and Pastor Kelvin Barlow-Flournoy, and April Whittington and Tanika Jones – requested marriage licenses at the Greenville County Probate Court in Greenville, SC. Each couple was denied because they do not meet the legal requirements for marriage in South Carolina, which stipulate that partners must be of the opposite sex. The couples took this action to call for full LGBT equality under federal law.
They were joined by over 60 supporters, including clergy, LGBT people and allies from both South Carolina and North Carolina. Immediately following the denials, clergy led a Prayer Service for Reconciliation, expressing a belief in the full equality of all LGBT people and extending a message of love and empathy towards those who oppose LGBT rights and whose job it is to enforce discriminatory laws.
Photo credit: Ashley Arrington
