“While saddened to learn of today’s ruling overturning the marriage amendment, the occasion provides an opportunity to convey two important teachings of our Church. First, the Church has always taught, and will always teach, that every person is created in the image and likeness of God and, thus, has a dignity which must always be respected and upheld. There are …
Read More »Betty Mack and Carol Taylor of #asheville, partners of 41 years, show off their marriage certificate. #DayOneNC pic.twitter.com/Xgnfw21ku7 — Casey Blake (@CaseyBlakeACT) October 10, 2014
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Actually, FUCK that. Party on Tarheels!
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First marriage license granted to #LGBT couple in NC! Congrats Amy and Lauren. #DayOneNC #MarriageEquality pic.twitter.com/rmYpqr3H20 — CSE (@CSElive) October 10, 2014 UPDATE: And they’re married!
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Matt Comer reports at Q Notes: A federal judge in North Carolina’s Western District has issued an order permanently prohibiting defendants in a United Church of Christ lawsuit against North Carolina’s anti-LGBT amendment from enforcing the ban. Additionally, the judge denied Republican state leaders’ motion to intervene in the case. U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr., issued his …
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UPDATE: The stay HAS been lifted. See the ruling. UPDATE II: From the Greensboro NBC affiliate. A federal judge has lifted stays on two American Civil Liberties Union lawsuits that could clear the way for same-sex marriages in North Carolina. Judge William Osteen of the federal Middle District in Greensboro on Wednesday lifted a stay in two cases involving same-sex …
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Via Equality North Carolina: Following a ruling today from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of marriage equality, North Carolina’s Attorney General Roy Cooper held a press conference in response, saying that as a result of the ruling, North Carolina’s own ban on the freedom to marry, “will almost surely be overturned.” He added that the North Carolina’s …
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Two years ago today North Carolina’s Amendment One enshrined anti-LGBT bigotry into the state constitution. This morning gay couples are marking the anniversary by demanding marriage licenses in the state capital. Via Freedom To Marry: A lot has happened in North Carolina in the past two years: New relationships have formed. Children have been welcomed into the world. Families have …
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Right Wing Watch reports that HGTV has green-lighted a reality show that will star North Carolina anti-gay activists David and Jason Benham. David Benham led a prayer rally — Charlotte 7:14 — outside of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012, which he told conservative radio host Janet Mefferd was needed to stop “homosexuality and its agenda …
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From the Christianist group Return America: This Thursday, May 8, 2014, North Carolina will celebrate the second anniversary of the North Carolina Marriage Amendment. Sixty-one percent of North Carolinians went on record supporting the Marriage Amendment. Most importantly, sixty-one percent of North Carolinians went on record supporting Biblical Marriage. On Thursday, the homosexual community is planning a protest against this …
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The ACLU is on a ROLL today! Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) announced plans to challenge North Carolina’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples by amending a federal lawsuit filed against the state last year on behalf of six same-sex couples and their children that challenges North Carolina’s ban …
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The above message is about to go up outside of Charlotte. On the Billy Graham Highway, no less. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)
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Pastor Sean Harris says I deliberately mischaracterized his words in order to “sensationalize” his message and generate hits to this blog. When you look at my blog you are not bombarded with advertisements. There aren’t any. I don’t make any money from my blog. That is not the purpose of the blog. But that obviously is the purpose of a …
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Tipped by JMG reader Robert.
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The passage of Amendment One is less than a day old and already North Carolina Republicans are moving to revoke domestic partners insurance. From an email issued by Mecklenbug County Commissioner Bill James to legal staffers: Since Amendment One has passed when will we get a memo or something that outlines what changes we need to make to our health …
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