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Here's a snippet of Joy Behar's exclusive interview with Caitlin Breedlove (airing Tuesday on The Joy Behar Show), who was ejected from the Camron Village shopping mall in Raleigh, NC for being affectionate with her lesbian partner.

For four years, Veda Renfrow helped broadcast meetings of the Wake County, N.C. commissioners. One day after the commission voted to support the antigay Amendment One, the Raleigh woman found herself out of a job.

Apparently when you’re at the Cameron Village in Raleigh, N.C. and you’re a lesbian couple kissing on the cheek, you’ll be asked to leave.  Just ask Caitlin Breedlove and her partner, who had a security guard at the shopping center ask them to leave -- not that anyone had actually complained to him. 

About 100 people gathered Sunday at Cameron Village shopping center in Raleigh NC to send a message of tolerance and togetherness. The demonstration grew out of an incident last Wednesday involving a security officer who asked a lesbian, Caitlin Breedlove, and her girlfriend to  leave the premises because they were being affectionate by kissing on the cheek.

A lesbian minister in North Carolina has joined the ranks of those willing to officiate marriage ceremonies but not sign licenses until gay couples’ marriages have the same legal recognition as heterosexual ones. Nancy Petty (pictured), pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, recently told her congregation she would prefer that straight couples have a magistrate at the local courthouse sign their license. She is waiting to hear if church deacons will endorse her position and if a vote of the congregation will be necessary.

Meredith Baxter graced center stage at the Human Rights Campaign Carolinas dinner in Raleigh, N.C. The openly lesbian actress made her first major address for an LGBT advocacy organization.?The "Family Ties" star, 62, spoke candidly about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," coming out lesbian and harassment of gay youth in schools. Baxter joked about tabloid exposure, thanking Tiger Woods. "American Idol" star Clay Aiken, 31, also made an appearance. Watch the video here. 

Same-sex couples in the state began marrying shortly after a federal judge struck down the state's ban about 5:30 p.m. today.

Country star Chely Wright will travel to North Carolina next week to do battle against proposed legislation that could lead to a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the Tar Heel State.

Kill Bill star and human rights activist Daryl Hannah was arrested in West Virginia for stopping traffic in protest of nearby mountain mining on Tuesday.

The 2012 NCAA Women’s tourney kicks off on Monday, March 19th, with the first and second rounds taking place March 19-20th, the Sweet Sixteen March 24-25th, the Elite Eight March 26-27th, the Final Four on April 1st, and the championship game on April 3rd.

The couple's registration of their New York marriage license doesn't mean Mississippi will recognize their union, but it's part of a push for marriage equality in Southern states.

Some say reading Alison Bechdel's well-regarded graphic memoir would compromise their beliefs.

The legislative session of 2015 is barely under way, but lawmakers in North Carolina are already looking for ways to sidestep marriage equality.