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North Carolina voters ban gay marriage, civil unions
Yahoo! News / The Associated Press ^ | May 8, 2012 | Liz Goodwin

Posted on 05/08/2012 8:25:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

North Carolinians voted to change the state constitution Tuesday to say that the only valid "domestic legal partnership" in the state is marriage between a man and a woman, according to the AP's projection. The amendment passed 61 to 39 percent with most counties reporting, making North Carolina the 29th state with a gay marriage ban in its constitution.

The state already outlawed gay marriage, but the constitutional amendment makes it more difficult for politicians to ever change the law. The amendment also means that a handful of North Carolina municipalities that extended benefits to the domestic partners of their employees will no longer be able to do so, since marriage is now the only valid legal partnership in the state....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; civilunions; gaymarriage; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; homosexualmarriage; lizgoodwin; northcarolina; notbreakingnews; samesexmarriage
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61 posted on 05/09/2012 6:51:18 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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I thought it would be of interest to note that in Onslow County, which is where Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River are located, the vote FOR the amendment was overwhelming. 73% to 27%. So I’m guessing the military isn’t as ok with the homosexuality thing as the media keeps trying to tell us they are. Just an observation.


62 posted on 05/09/2012 7:03:51 AM PDT by USMCWife6869
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