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North Carolina to Vote on Marriage Amendment

Sep 13, 2011 15:40

Senate vote puts marriage amendment issue to the voters

RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina voters will get to decide next May whether ban on same-sex marriage needs to be written into the state constitution after the state Senate voted Tuesday to put the issue on the ballot ( Read more... )

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keeperofthekeys September 14 2011, 03:27:09 UTC

Read this this morning in the UNC paper. Just. gfdi.

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erunamiryene September 14 2011, 14:08:31 UTC

Because those, clearly, are for those nice, kind, HETEROSEXUAL people. That's different, silly.

erunamiryene September 14 2011, 14:07:46 UTC

Besides, this is the same state that didn't ratify the 19th Amendment until 1971, didn't make marital rape illegal until 1993, and until 2006 had laws making cohabitation illegal and a class 2 misdemeanor

... wow. WOW.

This amendment will also make civil unions and common law marriages illegal

Really going whole-hog on this, I see. o.O

This is so much fucking fail. RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE PUT TO A MOTHERFUCKING VOTE.

ohloverx September 14 2011, 16:13:17 UTC

Yeah, basically. And we have people saying that if you don't want to be married under the legal, religious definition that you shouldn't be allowed the same benefits. So, yeah, it affects almost everyone in some shape or form. It mostly affects the LGBTQ community, but there will be a lot of straight people who will get fucked from this, too. They are definitely going whole hog. I'm surprised they didn't outlaw divorce while they are at it and throw in that they'll stone those who have relationships outside of their marriage!

erunamiryene September 14 2011, 16:14:43 UTC

Shhhh, you'll give them ideas. ;)

erinpuff September 14 2011, 15:30:42 UTC

Here's the thing about doing this vote as part of the May primary: the only Democrats who vote that day are going to be the ones who actually pay attention and give a shit. I AM NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS AT ALL. (Er, not that Democrats would all vote against the amendment, of course, but they'd be more likely to than fucking Republican primary voters.)

wrestlingdog September 14 2011, 15:43:16 UTC

Good fucking Lord. When will people learn that deciding who gets to have human/civil rights is a phenomenally bad idea?