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News: Moldova, Laura Jane Grace, Anthony Weiner, South Africa

Wingnut: Satan's 10 Commandments to the Homosexual Lobby. Anti-gay wingnut Matt Barber owns his movement's drive to make us unequal. Popeye's Chicken excites her. Chapel Hill, NC's Carolina Inn hosts its first same-sex marriage ceremony. "The wedding of Garrett Hall...

Republican Assemblymen to consider bill declaring marriage as "belonging to the dominion of God"

Although the deadline has passed for bills to be drafted in the NC Assembly, a great deal of damage to our state has already been dealt. And if these regressive politicians are kept in power, we are only going to suffer more. One ofShow More Summary

Photo: You have to wake up pretty early to slip inequality by the US Constitution

According to Twitterer Brenda Lenard, this is an assembly of people boarding a bus in Hickory, NC, so that they can join the National Organzation for Marriage at its pro-discrimination march in DC: Brenda Lenard [Twitter] It reminds me of...

Gary Bauer: Mitt Romney Only Won NC Because Of The Anti-Gay Marriage Ads

Former FRC president and 2000 GOP presidential candidate Gary Bauer filled in for Tony Perkins on the radio yesterday to say this about Mitt Romney: The people of North Carolina took another look at Barack Obama and decided, ‘Hey, we made a mistake four years ago,’ and this time around they voted differently. Show More Summary

My Loving v. Virginia

In 3 weeks the Supreme Court will take up a case considering the constitutionality of Prop 8, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and generally the freedom to marry for LGBT couples. Recently Equality NC joined with many other organizations, politicians, and faith leaders to oppose marriage discrimination in the form of an amicus brief. Show More Summary

Black Support for Marriage Equality Continues to grow…the NOM Wedge is No Longer Working

Despite a documented plan to drive a wedge between the religious black community and the LGBT community to pass discriminatory measures at the ballot box, it looks like its last big win was in my state of NC, and they had to spend a lot of money to secure it.

NC Pastor: Obama “Promoting Evil,” Decimating Black America With Marriage Equality

Right-wing preacher Patrick Wooden, who helped get North Carolina’s odious marriage-equality ban passed, went on the anti-gaywarpath again this week: Speaking to radio host Michael Brown on Line of Fire, Wooden claimed that President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage was contributing to the “decimation” of the African-American community. Show More Summary

3 Protesters Not Guilty After Asheville Marriage Action

Three pro-equality activists arrested during a May sit-in at an Asheville, NC marriage license office have been found not guilty. The Citizen-Times reports that Craig White, Laura Blackley and Cindy Jordan were arrested during a protest that followed a state-wide...

What the Democratic Platform Says About Marriage, Women, and Abortion

The Democratic National Convention kicked off in Charlotte, NC, today, and last night President Barack Obama's official platform was released with (as expected) quite different stances on women's health issues and gay marriage than the GOP platform. Show More Summary

Democratic Platform Pitches Economic Recovery Plan, Embraces Immigration Reform, Marriage Equality

The Democratic National Committee released a draft of their party platform Monday night, to be voted on Tuesday in Charlotte, NC. The platform not only lays out the party’s vision for the future but also articulates President Obama’s first term accomplishments and attacks Romney’s policies. Most issues are framed in comparison to radical Republican policies, [...]

Equality NC goes on offense against NOM's extreme voice

I don't make it a habit to post organizations' pitch letters. But this one, letting locals know about Patrick Wooden, the completely incendiary pastor that the National Organization For Marriage recruited to drive Black voters away from President Obama, deserves...

Marriage News Watch

Those of you who were active Blue NC readers during the amendment fight will remember this weekly video segment. I haven't shared them as often recently, but the focus is back on North Carolina with the possibility of marriage equality being added to the national Democratic Party platform in Charlotte during the convention. read more

Samaritan's Purse spent $150K on NC constitutional amendment

International Christian relief and evangelism charity organization Samaritan's Purse run by Franklin Graham contributed $150,200 towards newspaper and TV advertising in support of the NC Marriage Amendment, according to an Independent Expenditure report filed with the NC State Board of Elections. read more

Wedding Stylists On Strike Until Gay Marriage Legal

RALEIGH, NC (CAP) - A growing number of fashion designers, stylists and event planners have banned together and are refusing to provide services to straight couples who are planning their weddings until gay marriage is legalized across...Show More Summary

California Church Buys Billboard For Amendment One Apology In NC

North Carolina voters earlier this month passed Amendment One, a piece of legislation banning civil unions and same-sex marriage. Horrified by the move and hoping to express their solidarity with equality-minded North Carolinians, an inclusive California church spent $3,000 to...

Church sorry for ‘narrow-minded’ NC ban on marriage equality

Equality news round-up: protests are planned in NC against anti-gay pastor, and more

By Scottie Thomaston - This week, Dan Savage invited the National Organization for Marriage’s Brian Brown to his home to have a dinner discussion/debate on marriage equality. Now Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council has invited Tony Perkins to her home for dinner, after he stated in a televised interview that he [...]

NC Pastor Wants To Build Electrified Fence To Contain, Starve And Ultimately Kill Gays: VIDEO

In a sermon blasting President Obama for his same-sex marriage support, Pastor Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, North Carolina, offered a novel — and horrific — solution to the so-called gay scourge: build an electric...

NC state rep apologizes for Mormon marriage comment

(CNN) – A Democratic North Carolina state representative apologized Friday for saying in an interview with CNN that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith allows individuals to "have multiple wives." In the interview with CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby, state Rep. Alma Adams said, "From what I understand about the Mormon faith you can [...]

Join Libertarian candidate for Gov, Barbara Howe, to shred marriage license in front of Gen Assembly in protest of Amendment 1

Statement from Barbara Howe: "When some people are denied freedom, no one is truly free. Please join us, as we and others shred their North Carolina marriage licenses in front of the General Assembly on Jones Street in Raleigh NC onShow More Summary