Domestic Partnership Registry: Hot. Fresh. Now.
The Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) invites you to get ‘em while they’re hot and join us in our 2012 Domestic Partnership Drive. LGBT couples can register as domestic partners in Asheville, no...
View ArticleThis Is About Our Lives: WE DO
From May 9 – 11, LGBT couples in small towns and cities across North Carolina will request marriage licenses, knowing they will be denied. Clergy, friends, and family will stand with them. Every step...
View ArticleWe Do – Update and Appeal
This morning, we’re in Asheboro, N.C. At 9:30 a.m., we’ll stand with Barb and Angela as they request – and are denied – a marriage license in their home town, surrounded by friends, family and clergy....
View ArticleWE DO video: What happened across NC last week
Check out this new video about stage 3 of the WE DO Campaign, which took place across North Carolina – including Asheville, Bakersville and Marshall – from May 9th to May 15th. In 8 towns and cities...
View ArticleResponding to Anti-LGBT Rhetoric in N.C.
North Carolina is in the news again, this time because of an anti-LGBT sermon preached by Pastor Charles Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, N.C. You can see footage of his sermon here....
View ArticleSupporting the WE DO campaign
The Campaign for Southern Equality is participating in a 24-hour online fundraising contest called Twive and Receive and representing the city of Asheville. We’re competing with 200 other non-profits...
View ArticleLGBT legal workshop “What Amendment One Means for You and Your Family”
Now that Amendment One has gone into effect, many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people across North Carolina have asked the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) what it means for them....
View ArticleEmployment Equality On the Horizon in Buncombe County?
As a resident of Buncombe County, I want to share an update about an issue that doesn’t get a lot of attention – employment discrimination. In North Carolina and 28 other states it is currently legal...
View ArticleWhy Equal Employment Policies Make Sense for Buncombe County
The Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) continues to advocate for the implementation of equal employment policies in Buncombe County. Today, CSE released a white paper titled “Policy Recommendations...
View ArticleNew Video: Amendment One and Your Rights
Now that Amendment One has gone into effect, we’re hearing from lots of people with questions about what exactly it does – and doesn’t – mean. Ultimately the courts will have to weigh in on the...
View ArticleEn Route to Mississippi
We’re driving through Tennessee right now (yes, I’m in the car writing this – the miracle of a wifi hotspot via Lindsey’s phone), heading down to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This week, we’ll be holding WE DO...
View ArticleCampaign for Southern Equality joins Prop 8 and DOMA brief to U.S. Supreme Court
The Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) is excited to share that we joined an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court as part of the “Prop 8” and “DOMA” cases, which will be argued before the...
View ArticleNew WE DO video: Ivy and Misha stand up for love
The Campaign for Southern Equality has just released a new WE DO video: Ivy and Misha, who live in Piedmont, S.C. and are engaged to be married, show what it means to live with courage and dignity as...
View ArticleWE DO Campaign: Across Mississippi right now
I’m writing from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where we just wrapped up a WE DO Campaign action in which six area LGBT couples requested – and were denied – marriage licenses. This is the third action...
View ArticleStanding up to Amendment One in Madison County
Tomorrow, we will stand with Amanda and Loraine as they ask the Madison County Register of Deeds to issue them a marriage license. With this action, they will be launching a new stage of the WE DO...
View ArticleWE DO Campaign in Asheville on October 15
This fall, we are traveling North Carolina with the WE DO Campaign, standing with LGBT couples as they request marriage licenses in their home counties. We are actively seeking a Register of Deeds who...
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