PRESS RELEASE/STATEMENT
from the Campaign for Southern Equality
Statement on Amendment One Being Struck Down
Asheville, N.C. — “LGBT families in North Carolina will now be treated as equal under the law in North Carolina – a day that so many have fought so hard for. For two years too long Amendment One was on the the books, but now we celebrate knowing that this shameful chapter in North Carolina’s history has passed. At the same time we know that you can still be fired simply for being gay in North Carolina. Protection from discrimination in the workplace is the next step in our push for full equality,” says Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Executive Director of the Campaign for Southern Equality.
“It is striking that so-called anti-gay marriage experts have trotted out the same legal arguments that have been discredited and rejected time and time again by federal courts across the country. This is why defending any state ban on marriage equality is a futile effort, and precisely why state bans continue to fall in rapid succession. We believe without a doubt that these desperate efforts to salvage discriminatory laws like Amendment One will fail every time and everywhere,” says Jacob Sussman, lead counsel for plaintiffs in General Synod of the United Church of Christ vs. Cooper and partner at Tin Fulton Walker & Owen.
Based in the South, the Campaign for Southern Equality is a national effort to assert the full humanity and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in American life and to increase public support for LGBT rights.
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