Campaign For Southern Equality

Every Southern state has passed an amendment to their respective constitution recognizing as valid only those marriages that are between one man and one woman. A thinly disguised injunction specifically aimed at  denying GLBT people the right to marry. Not really too much of a surprise considering that this is the good old Bible belt where clergy can preach exclusion and hatred of us sinners and then run off late at night and commit adultery with whomever (either gender) they damn well please. Lawmakers do the same and, in some cases, worse. Welcome to the New South.  

Before anyone jumps up and tries to lynch me, allow me to explain. I was born and live in Virginia, home of the capital city of the Old South. You know, the states that tried to secede from the USA over the issue of slavery, thinly disguised, once again, as state's rights of self-determination. Southerners have this innate ability to say one thing when they damn well mean something entirely different. One quarter cup half-truth, three quarters of a cup bullshit. 

There is now a movement afoot in the South that is turning that fine old Southern tradition of not saying what you really mean on its cotton-picking head. The Campaign For Southern Equality (CSE) is conducting grassroots initiatives throughout the Bible belt in an effort to change not only popular attitudes but the laws discriminating against the GLBT citizens as well. What's more, this advocacy is beginning to gain attention and followers.

The CSE is sponsoring the WE DO project. Beginning early in the new year, state by state, same gender loving couples throughout the southeastern USA have applied for and been denied marriage licenses. The action culminates this upcoming Thursday, January 17, 2013, when couples will apply for permits to marry at Arlington County Courthouse, Arlington, Virginia. Once refused, they and supporters will walk the 4.5 miles across the Memorial Bridge into Washington, DC, ending at the Jefferson Memorial and taking their vows there, in accordance with District of Columbia laws.

The purpose of the CSE's WE DO project is to call for full equality under federal law and to resist unjust state laws.  The goal is to bring and end to discrimination and exclusion from the guarantees provided by the USA Constitution.

The link to the CSE website: http://www.southernequality.org .

Peace! Get naked. Enjoy!