Lesbian seeking marriage licence in North Carolina is arrested

Doctor Faustus · May 11, 2012

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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And so the travesties of justice go on...

More here: Lesbian seeking marriage license arrested in NC - CBS News

Pret Allez · May 11, 2012

The law is just. Nothing to see here.

Lesbian seeking marriage licence in North Carolina is arrested

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