LGBTQ Events in Raleigh and Surrounding Areas: reminder, Equality Rally In Raleigh Tomorrow, Thursday , June 2, 2011 at the Legislative Building

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

reminder, Equality Rally In Raleigh Tomorrow, Thursday , June 2, 2011 at the Legislative Building - Halifax Mall, 12:00 noon

Remember tomorrow is the day you are needed:

EQUALITY Rally in Raleigh!

Rally in Raleigh For Equality!

Thursday, June 2, 12:00 – 2:00 PM

Halifax Mall

16 W. Jones Street

Raleigh, NC

Haven’t We Waited Long Enough In North Carolina For Full Equality For All People?

We do not need our North Carolina Legislature to be working to limit any freedom or human right to only one segment of our population … everyone should be working toward Equality no matter the law or responsibility or privilege.

North Carolina based groups Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) and GetEQUAL North Carolina unite with other groups and individuals from across North Carolina from Manteo to Murphy to fight N.C. SB106 and HB777 (the North Carolina anti-gay super-DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) on Thursday, June 2, 2011. We will gather at the Halifax Mall (adjacent to the N.C. Legislative Building) at 16 W. Jones Street in Raleigh at Noon.

SB106 and HB777 must be stopped and it is up to all North Carolinians who believe in Equality for all to do so. The proposed legislation would not only put an anti-gay marriage amendment on the 2012 ballot, it would also prevent private businesses and municipalities in NC from offering domestic partnership insurance benefits and make null and void Domestic Partnership Registries in the current three cities within NC that offer them (Chapel Hill, Asheville and Carrboro); basically, it would end all relationship recognition outside of heterosexual marriage.

Speakers so far:

• NC Rep. Patsy Keever

• Cecil Bothwell, Asheville City Councilman, author, & US

Congressional Candidate for NC 11th District 2012

• Janet Owen, Co-Chair Interfaith Voice of Winston-Salem

• Chelsea Sayre, GetEQUAL NC

• James Neal, Businessman and former openly gay Democratic

primary candidate for US Senate

• Pam Spaulding, Pam’s Houseblend

• Jonathan Green, Sexuality And Gender Alliance

• Angel Chandler, GetEQUAL NC

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