[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-supported-by-majority-in-hawaii-marriage-equality-protesters-arrested-in-north-carolina\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-supported-by-majority-in-hawaii-marriage-equality-protesters-arrested-in-north-carolina\/","headline":"Gay Marriage Supported by Majority in Hawaii; Marriage Equality Protesters Arrested in North Carolina","name":"Gay Marriage Supported by Majority in Hawaii; Marriage Equality Protesters Arrested in North Carolina","description":"Most Hawaiians support gay marriage; others fight discrimination in N.C.  By Jason Carson Wilson Most Hawaii voters support marriage equality, according to Advocate.com and KITV.com....","datePublished":"2011-10-24","dateModified":"2021-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/marriage-equality-hawaii-rainbow-lei.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/marriage-equality-hawaii-rainbow-lei.jpg","height":293,"width":293},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-supported-by-majority-in-hawaii-marriage-equality-protesters-arrested-in-north-carolina\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":279,"articleBody":" Most Hawaiians support gay marriage; others fight discrimination in N.C. By Jason Carson WilsonMost Hawaii voters support marriage equality, according to Advocate.com and KITV.com. Public Policy Polling\u2019s recent survey finds a majority of people heading to Aloha state polls are in favor of gay marriage.Nearly half of those polled want gay marriage to be legal in Hawaii. Civil unions are now legal there. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a bill, previously vetoed by former Gov. Linda Lingle, in February.KITV.com reports 40 percent remain opposed to marriage equality, while 11 percent are undecided.\u00a0PROTESTERS FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY ARRESTED IN NORTH CAROLINARev. Kathryn Cartledge and Elizabeth Eve wouldn\u2019t take \u201cno\u201d for an answer. Cartledge and Eve were arrested last Friday after refusing to leave Buncombe County (N.C.) Register of Deeds. Eve and Cartledge had been denied a marriage license\u2014twice.The couple of 30 years were among the first to request licenses during Coalition for Southern Equality\u2019s \u201cWe Do\u201d Campaign. Eve and Cartledge were the last couple requesting a license for a second time. They were charged with trespassing and immediately released.Eve and Cartledge civil disobedience was a final act of Coalition for Southern Equality\u2019s two-week campaign. New campaigns are being launched to kill an anti-gay constitutional amendment. Eve and Cartledge were among nearly two dozen couples denied marriage licenses since Oct. 3.Coalition for Southern Equality Executive Director Jasmine Beach-Ferrara said it is time to demand full equality for LGBT people.\u201cToday\u2019s action is about real people saying, I will no longer live as a second-class citizen in my country,\u201d Beach-Ferrara said in a statement following the arrests.\u00a0\u00a0"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Gay Marriage Supported by Majority in Hawaii; Marriage Equality Protesters Arrested in North Carolina","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-supported-by-majority-in-hawaii-marriage-equality-protesters-arrested-in-north-carolina\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]