Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, left, and Katie Watson, both staffers with the Campaign for Southern Equality, lead a procession from the St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in downtown Durham, North Carolina, to the Durham County Register of Deeds office on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Three area LGBT couples went on to apply for marriage licenses Wednesday, but were denied. (Harry Lynch/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)