Press release from the Campaign for Southern Equality:
Asheville, N.C. (June 23, 2016) – The Campaign for Southern Equality will be celebrating the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling for marriage equality on June 26th with the premiere of “Love Won: The Story of the We Do Campaign”. The film, produced by award-winning filmmaker Ryan Murdock, will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the fight for marriage equality in the South. The screening will take place at 10:30am on the 26th at the Fine Arts Theater. There will be a catered brunch following the film at First Congregational UCC, also in downtown Asheville. Tickets to the film screening and brunch are available to the public for $35.
From 2011 to 2015, more than 200 LGBT couples across the South took part in the WE DO Campaign. They requested – and were denied – marriage licenses in their hometowns in order to call for full equality under the law. The WE DO Campaign launched a new chapter in equality efforts across the South and was the first coordinated campaign calling for marriage equality in the region. WE DO actions told a story about what it is to be LGBT in the South and to express our fundamental equality and humanity in the public square. These actions revealed the impact of discriminatory laws, and illustrated what it looks like when LGBT people are treated as second-class citizens.
The Supreme Court marriage victory on June 26, 2015 changed our country. That decision was born out of decades of work in the courts, in the legislatures, and in the streets of our hometowns. In the South, one part of that story was the people who took a stand with the WE DO Campaign.
For more information about the film visit: www.southernequality.org/film.
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