RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill aimed at establishing a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage was introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives this week.
“Marriage is the union of one man and one woman at one time. No other relationship shall be recognized as a valid marriage by the State,” reads the proposed House amendment.
A similar amendment was introduced in the state Senate in late February that says no other “domestic legal union” will be recognized, effectively banning civil unions and domestic partnerships.
Similar amendments, whose primary proponents have been Republicans, have been kept at bay for the past seven years. The state’s legislature flipped from a Democratic to Republican majority in last November’s midterm elections.
A constitutional amendment cannot be vetoed by the governor and must gain the approval of a three-fifths majority of both chambers before proceeding to the ballot. A simple majority of voters is needed for ratification.
Both the Senate and House versions of the amendment would place the amendment on next year’s November ballot.
Opponents worry that the Senate’s version could prohibit domestic partner benefits currently offered by private sector employers, including Charlotte-based Bank of America.
Several municipalities across the state offer health and other benefits to same-sex partners of their employees, which could also be affected.
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That sickens me.
…this…this is terrible…
WHY HOMESTATE WHY!!!!
awe come on this is stupid
rat bastards!!!
I live in NC, and this does not surprise me really. Makes me sad, but does not surprise me.
this is rediculous so i cant get married in my homestate:((
Don’t they have anything better to do in NC than H8?
We need some fresh minds in government that believes in ” do unto others as you wood have done unto you”.
Don’t they have anything better to do in NC than H8?
We need some fresh minds in government that believes in ” do unto others as you wood have done unto you”.
I don’t think god said hate your enemy, did he?
I don’t think god said hate your enemy, did he?
N we’re not even enemies, I don’t think?
N we’re not even enemies, I don’t think?
another state to stay away from!
Fuck I swear we are always under attack
Those places in the South are always a bit “behind.” But our rights will not be won through those we elect. Look at Maryland. Look at R.I. Those LGBT individuals elect have actually NO intentions of fighting for our rights. Our rights will be won through the courts. When the LGBT community understands that, and stops being bullied by anti-gay masquerading as “tolerant” and “pro-family” Christians (i.e., hateful, homophobic bigots) and starts exposing them as such, progress will be made.
isn’t it odd that the states aggressively against anything same-sex are the states where it’s still legal to marry your first cousin? and no one questions you cuz it’s common practice…
isn’t it odd that the states aggressively against anything same-sex are the states where it’s still legal to marry your first cousin? and no one questions you cuz it’s common practice…
this is what happens when you don’t spread out your genes … “scraping the bottom of the barrel”
this is what happens when you don’t spread out your genes … “scraping the bottom of the barrel”
Does this make you want to grab a North Carolinian anti-gay bigot by the lapels and yell “Fuck you, asshole!” in his face?
That’s gross, I believe marriage belongs to anyone who’s wishes to commit to each other in the name of love and all that there is between two people that are intimate with each other, until we people understand that marriage is not about money and assets, and mortgages, and Children, a solution would be very difficult, even if we found a solution, there would still be hatred, because other people still won’t understand the true meaning of marriage. Marriage is the bond of 2 souls coming together, marriage is the agreement.
We need to actualize this type of commit.
When courts play with the souls of 2 people coming together, that is not good for their business, Therefore if the court can’t find truth in the reasoning, it is not a sovereign court of justice or justice at all.
Tell me what’s the highest percentage of divorces in America? What’s the highest percentage of straight marriage divorces in America?? What does it mean to you to be married? Come on peoples, you need to get it together, we can’t be dealing with this pettiness in the time of great struggles in the world, you wont let marriage be the cause of why the institutions, and social structures of America fall,will you?
There’s alot more I can rant on about, because I believe in marriage for all, but I’m not the type to get married. I’m just a strong supporter of truthjusticeness!!!
That’s gross, I believe marriage belongs to anyone who’s wishes to commit to each other in the name of love and all that there is between two people that are intimate with each other, until we people understand that marriage is not about money and assets, and mortgages, and Children, a solution would be very difficult, even if we found a solution, there would still be hatred, because other people still won’t understand the true meaning of marriage. Marriage is the bond of 2 souls coming together, marriage is the agreement.
We need to actualize this type of commit.
When courts play with the souls of 2 people coming together, that is not good for their business, Therefore if the court can’t find truth in the reasoning, it is not a sovereign court of justice or justice at all.
Tell me what’s the highest percentage of divorces in America? What’s the highest percentage of straight marriage divorces in America?? What does it mean to you to be married? Come on peoples, you need to get it together, we can’t be dealing with this pettiness in the time of great struggles in the world, you wont let marriage be the cause of why the institutions, and social structures of America fall,will you?
There’s alot more I can rant on about, because I believe in marriage for all, but I’m not the type to get married. I’m just a strong supporter of truthjusticeness!!!
Instead of looking on the outside, why don’t you look on the inside for a change will you
Make progress in America, make America more friendly and less demanding.
Instead of looking on the outside, why don’t you look on the inside for a change will you
Make progress in America, make America more friendly and less demanding.
I love NC. Please don’t pass laws of hate NC!
I love NC. Please don’t pass laws of hate NC!
I believe the courts are thinking on a much larger level, which is being made aware to use in violent protest and demonstrations in the streets and all around the world. So this isn’t a game of politics this is a game of minds of the people. The court is only trying to defend the Image of America which is obviously failing, if you havn’t noticed??
I believe the courts are thinking on a much larger level, which is being made aware to use in violent protest and demonstrations in the streets and all around the world. So this isn’t a game of politics this is a game of minds of the people. The court is only trying to defend the Image of America which is obviously failing, if you havn’t noticed??
Y’all come to Connecticut. One of the FIRST states to have equal rights for all, then civil unions and then marriage. I guess we aren’t called the “Constitution State” for nothing. Gays need to play financial hard ball with these states that choose to adoot
Y’all come to Connecticut. One of the FIRST states to have equal rights for all, then civil unions and then marriage. I guess we aren’t called the “Constitution State” for nothing. Gays need to play financial hard ball with these states that choose to adoot
Adopt hate as a law. Don’t spend our money, work and pay taxes their. If they don’t think our dollars matter then they are sadly mistaken.
Adopt hate as a law. Don’t spend our money, work and pay taxes their. If they don’t think our dollars matter then they are sadly mistaken.
Well fuck. There goes my faith in my state
The pea-brain who proposed this amendment fails to understand the following facts:
1. The people of the union states created constitutions designed to restrain their governments from excesses, but not ever to restrain the people who are the governments’ ultimate controllers.
2. Marriage being a contract between a consenting couple, that contract is protected — even at the federal level by the stipulation “No State shall… pass any… Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts” (Const. Art. I, Sect. 10, Cl. 1). This means no one needs a states’ permission to marry.
3. Such a proposed amendment is therefore categorically unconstitutional on its face, and it should be shouted down in legislative session!
The idiot who proposed the amendment and who obviously believes that government is superior over the people (who created the government in the first place), should be called an idiot to his face! And then he should be removed from office for being god-complex delusional in believing that he can usurp the peoples’ rights by creating faulty legislation!!
The pea-brain who proposed this amendment fails to understand the following facts:
1. The people of the union states created constitutions designed to restrain their governments from excesses, but not ever to restrain the people who are the governments’ ultimate controllers.
2. Marriage being a contract between a consenting couple, that contract is protected — even at the federal level by the stipulation “No State shall… pass any… Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts” (Const. Art. I, Sect. 10, Cl. 1). This means no one needs a states’ permission to marry.
3. Such a proposed amendment is therefore categorically unconstitutional on its face, and it should be shouted down in legislative session!
The idiot who proposed the amendment and who obviously believes that government is superior over the people (who created the government in the first place), should be called an idiot to his face! And then he should be removed from office for being god-complex delusional in believing that he can usurp the peoples’ rights by creating faulty legislation!!
“Marriage is the union of one man and one woman at one time.”
That is corrupted logic, sense who said that, that was correct logic, and only to be that logic”
Yes, sense you wanna play the gender game, I play along. Between a man and a woman that is actually could divine union, thank you very much, and it still involves the “marriage as in union”between a man and a woman.note I said “marriage UNION” as a man and woman, but is only the term you give, for male and female, your forgetting about masculine and femininity. Remember the rule, two opposites attract, negative and positive, which creates union, and sense we humans are intelligent and evolved in our conscious awareness, we are capable of changing, no human has one quality, our quality is forever changing, making it possible for us to define ourselves and create new.
Therefor 2 men can be created equal, and 2 females can be created equal, because we change there is no set place.
But there is always union, whether marriage or not, marriage on paper doesn’t matter, it’s marriage on a soul level, and the Courts are less evolved to be aware of such truth.
Just analysis in a same sex relationship who’s more feminine and masculine in the relationship, it’s one of them, but some times they both are of the same but at certain degrees. Have you ever asked your self way females feel masculine, or why a male feels feminine? These two polarities are trying to balance themselves out.
“Marriage is the union of one man and one woman at one time.”
That is corrupted logic, sense who said that, that was correct logic, and only to be that logic”
Yes, sense you wanna play the gender game, I play along. Between a man and a woman that is actually could divine union, thank you very much, and it still involves the “marriage as in union”between a man and a woman.note I said “marriage UNION” as a man and woman, but is only the term you give, for male and female, your forgetting about masculine and femininity. Remember the rule, two opposites attract, negative and positive, which creates union, and sense we humans are intelligent and evolved in our conscious awareness, we are capable of changing, no human has one quality, our quality is forever changing, making it possible for us to define ourselves and create new.
Therefor 2 men can be created equal, and 2 females can be created equal, because we change there is no set place.
But there is always union, whether marriage or not, marriage on paper doesn’t matter, it’s marriage on a soul level, and the Courts are less evolved to be aware of such truth.
Just analysis in a same sex relationship who’s more feminine and masculine in the relationship, it’s one of them, but some times they both are of the same but at certain degrees. Have you ever asked your self way females feel masculine, or why a male feels feminine? These two polarities are trying to balance themselves out.
Fuck you, north carolina!
Let’s ban the breeders from marrying.
Let’s ban the breeders from marrying.
are we surprised?
I live in NC and me my partner have been together almost 4 years in September and this is a disgrace to all of us here in NC..We have two boys that we raise and that love us they same as a straight couple..It just saddens me that there is still hate,judge mental,racist,homophobic,and closed mined people that still live here in NC..Marriage is supposed to be between two people that love each other and not by race,color, nor by sexual orientation..That means not gay,straight,bisexual,lesbian or transsexual.Love is love no matter where you come from..WE are all human and we all deserve the same rights as anyone else on this earth..We are ALL gods children and we are ALL created in his image..AND I mean “ALL”..You know I could go on and on with this but I’m not..I just think people need to wake up and realize that there are more of us in this state than they realize..We pay our taxes just like everyone else does…All I have to say is that I just want our families to be recognized as everyone else is that’s all..LOVE DON’T HATE!!
BIG FAT JERKS……
Kiss my natural gay loving ass assholes -_-
you’re ruining someones chance of being happy in life..
I’ll never understand peoples reasons for not allowing gay to marrige, or how why being urself is wrong…nice to no we live in a free country
So they want to put an amendment into the constitution, that within itself violates the constitution because it infringes upon “equal protection.” Ya that’s a logical amendment…NOT! How about we stop making legislation that clearly violate civil rights, seeing as we are “supposed” to be a free nation.
fuck north carolina, that state sucks anyway.
that’s discrimination and unconstitutional
Is time travel even technologically possible in NC?
Dear NC, I am disappointed in people in my home state for being such stupid fucktards.. I hope that people within you have the common sense to kill such legislation.
God I hate living in NC
@jessica, so do I thats why im moving back to ny thank goodness
@jess.. its stupid, if you love someone for who they are what difference should it make.. @ janelle… can u take me n m wife with u?? lol
@Sarah, sure you and your wife can come lol
@sarah, yeah you and your wife can come lol