ARTS. ENTERTAINMENT. NEWS. VIEWS. GOQNOTES.COM OCT. 10-23, 2014. VOL 29, NO 12. FREE. -y'X m YOU ARE ENGAGING SOMETHING THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF .C. LAW FOR WHICH THERE ARE BIBUCAL PROSCRIPTIONS.” - Mecklenburg District Attorney Peter Gilchrist, July 15,1992 Marriage takes center stage in LGBT advocacy today, but it's easy to forget there was a time not so long ago when even the basic act and expression of our love toward our partners was considered a prosecutable felony. Take a look back at a sad moment in local LGBT history p. 13 ■ ■ . anti-lgbt amendment is on its way out the door Supreme Court declines to hear marriage appeals, including Va. case that could open legal marriage in N.C. p. 11