Though it's largely symbolic, the town of Carrboro, NC just voted to affirm civil marriage for same-sex couples, by a vote of 5-0. The reason? Well, according to town alderwomen Jackie Grist, they did so because they felt they needed to stand up for the rights of LGBT citizens in the wake of Proposition 8.
There's more on this over at http://gayrights.change.org. But could this be a new strategy for marriage equality activists? A strategy that engages activists in cities across the country to pass resolutions affirming civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples?
The Mayor of Carrboro, Mark Chilton, has a great quote on this. "It was just a couple of college towns when we started in on the civil rights movement in the late `50s and early `60s, and it was just a couple of college towns when we started the process of ending the war in Vietnam." Can small towns be the new epicenter in the debate over gay marriage?
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