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Two NC Couples Denied Marriage Licenses As Part Of ‘We Do’ Campaign

Two more lesbian couples were denied marriage licenses in North Carolina on Tuesday. The requests came as part of the week-long “We Do” campaign, organized by the Campaign for Southern Equality. The first couple to request a marriage license, Alice Phelan and Sally Young, have been together for 29 years. The other women, Laurel and Amy Rose, were legally married in Washington, DC in 2010 and wanted their marriage to be recognized in North Carolina. Both couples knew their requests would be rejected, since North Carolina previously had a law banning same-sex marriage. That ban was recently written into the state constitution with the passage of Amendment One. Despite this, LGBT rights supporters say they will continue fighting for equal rights in the state:

-Zachary Bernstein

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