After I win re-election I will be able to be more flexible
Posted on 05/10/2012 5:53:35 PM PDT by tobyhill
- A lesbian who sought a North Carolina marriage license with her partner and was rejected under a state law banning same-sex marriage was arrested with another person Thursday after they refused to leave a government office where several gay and lesbian couples were turned away.
The civil disobedience followed a day after President Barack Obama publicly endorsed same-sex marriage, and two days after North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
The protest came amid attempts by a gay rights group, Campaign for Southern Equality, to broaden public support to allow same-sex marriage and more protests are planned in coming days at other county offices in North Carolina that issue marriage licenses.
Nine gay and lesbian couples each presented completed forms and identification to a clerk at the local Register of Deeds office in Winston-Salem, but were refused because state law recognizes only heterosexual couples.
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When were LGBTs put in chains, sold, and beaten?...Last Saturday night (So I’ve been told).
We I went to bed the number was higher, but that include the number of ballots where voter did not vote for any Republican Presidential Candidate.
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