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NEW BERN, N.C. — Aldermen of New Bern, N.C., on Tuesday passed a controversial resolution that supports amending the state’s constitution banning same-sex marriage, which is to be put before North Carolina voters in a ballot initiative on May 8.
The resolution was brought before the board of alderman earlier this month by Jerry Schill, co-chairman of the Craven-Pamlico Christian Coalition. The resolution states, “Marriage between one man one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.”
The vote was 5-2 in support of the constitutional ban — Mayor Lee Bettis and Alderman Victor Taylor opposed it.
“I will not support any amendment to codify legislation which regulates bedroom activity in violation of the Equal Protection Amendment (14th amendment),” Bettis said. “I’m a Christian. But I’m also an American and the law of the land here and the Equal Protection Amendment says we are all created equal.”
Taylor said that the proposed amendment the resolution was supporting, N.C. Amendment One, was a terrible idea and possibly dangerous with “unknown consequences.”
The mayor also took supporters of Amendment One to task saying, “In this world where division and hatred are at a premium, I am ashamed at this moment … I’m ashamed that we are focusing the American attention away from what we are really good at: ingenuity, creativity, independence, freedom, hard work, education and tolerance.”
Bettis said the resolution would not, among other things, create one job, lower the price of gas, feed the poor or protect the nation’s borders from enemies.
Approximately 30 protesters both for and against the resolution showed up at the meeting Tuesday night with signs proclaiming their support or opposition to N.C. Amendment One. Since it was a Board of Aldermen workshop, the protesters were not allowed to speak.
After Bettis indicated he wouldn’t sign the resolution, Scott Davis, the city attorney, said the mayor pro tem could sign it. But the mayor pro tem is Taylor, who also voted against it.
Taylor said he would not sign it either.
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Wiccan capital of America.
It must be awful to be so hateful and scared alla time…
see u at the SCOTUS!
Ughhhhh. All of this back and forth all over the place with gay rights. Yet, I see this persistence as a sign of winning. Push and we’ll push back. You can’t hold someone’s rights back forever.
Complete ignorance & violation of US Constitution!
BOOO !!!!!
My adopted home wants me to be “less than.”. That makes me sad.
My gosh just let love be love ..
guess i won’t be visiting my brother there…make him come visit me. don’t wanna support there economy be going there…
They should change the name of the town to OLD Bern, for their old-fashioned ideas about marriage, love, and common decency!
Good for Mayor Lee Bettis and Alderman Victor Taylor to be on the side of what is right, legal, and just.
another southern state that wants to stay in the 15 century
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Course this is a state that supported slavery
New Bern sucks and I’ll never spend a dime there again.
if you people read the article you would see that mayor of New Bern didn’t sign the resolution and neither did the mayor pro tem from the article “After Bettis indicated he wouldn’t sign the resolution, Scott Davis, the city attorney, said the mayor pro tem could sign it. But the mayor pro tem is Taylor, who also voted against it.
Taylor said he would not sign it either.”
And when do we get to vote on their marriages again?
How dare you ban this as it is love between two people not just a man and a women. What happened to elected officials working for every single man, women and cild? It is to be for the people not the party or what you think is best. We need you to be each person!!
So if no one signed it, then did the city actually pass the resolution? I’m confused.
Idiots
No offence But America is not the land of the free… Canada Is awesome for rights
Every one I’d =
Is =
Guess the didn’t consider all the federal funding they are about to lose! You cannot take money from glbt people. And deny them the same freedoms you enjoy.
And pay for all the federal funded programs……..
Shame on them
We are going to have equality, I just hope it happens in at least my life time.
Well I guess my partner and I won’t get married in New Bern. I know there are good, smart people living in New Bern, despite the passage of this bill. One day the truth will prevail over hypocrisy.
Backwoods hicks..They can marry their cousins but god forbid they make it legal for same sex marriage..
I predict an increase in tourism on the Delaware coast.
Well, f*ck you, too, useless town.
good 4 them!!!
Next they will want slavery reestablished, women’s rights stripped from them and want to monitor everyone’s behavior in the bedroom. They are knowingly and willfully taking business and tourism away from their state. Asheville will become a ghost town and any artist and craftsman will pack up and leave the state.
enjoy your bigoted nazi like temporary win New Bern. It wont be long till the Supreme Court cockslaps you in the gob and makes that illegal
u libs r soooo amusing!!!
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Fuck you NC!
booooooooooo on banning same sex….