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NOM promotes anal-obsessed preacher Patrick Wooden… again
Once again, the National Organization for Marriage is promoting North Carolina pastor Patrick Wooden, who stars in a video meant to drum up support for the state’s discriminatory Amendment One.
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Anti-gay ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ more vulnerable than ever
The Obama administration changes course in the fight to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Signature gathering is about to start in Ohio. And voters in North Carolina say they support relationship recognition — so why are they also saying they’ll vote to take it away? This week’s Marriage News Watch report is here…
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Poll: 60 percent of N.C. voters oppose constitutional ban on gay marriage
ELON, N.C. — A Elon University Poll released Monday found that six out of ten persons in North Carolina would oppose an amendment to the state constitution that prevents any same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships or civil unions.
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California Democrats to help fight anti-gay measure in North Carolina
A big win for marriage in New Hampshire, and California Democrats pledge to help the campaign to stop an anti-gay measure in North Carolina. But with alarming poll numbers out this week, will that help be enough?
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Bank of America executive: N.C. anti-gay marriage amendment would be ‘disastrous’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A top executive at Bank of America this week denounced a proposed constitutional amendment in North Carolina that would define marriage as the union between a man and a woman, and said the initiative would be “disastrous” to the state’s business climate.
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N.C. anti-gay marriage ad makes the case against the anti-gay amendment
A new ad from Vote for MarriageNC, the group attempting to pass a “one man, one woman” anti-gay marriage amendment in North Carolina, uses ordinary people trying to convey a “grassroots” message. However, in many ways, the ad actually makes the case against Amendment One.
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Anti-gay marriage vote looms in N.C., and a close call in Washington state
It’s coming down the wire in North Carolina, where an anti-gay ballot measure is looking an awful lot like the Prop 8 fight all over again. Meanwhile Denver Republicans vote to support civil unions, we’ll get a vote this week on ending marriage equality in New Hampshire, and President Obama speaks out against an anti-gay ballot measure.
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Obama ‘does not support’ North Carolina anti-gay marriage initiative
President Obama “does not support” an upcoming measure on the ballot in North Carolina that would constitutionally ban same-sex marriage and marriage-like unions, according to a statement issued by his campaign.
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Poll: North Carolina voters oppose constitutional ban on gay marriage
ELON, N.C. — A new Elon University Poll released Friday shows that a majority of North Carolinians oppose Amendment One, a constitutional amendment on the May 8, 2012, North Carolina primary ballot that bans relationship recognitions and threatens protections for the state’s unmarried couples.
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Music director at Catholic church fired for marrying partner of 23 years
The popular music director at a Charlotte Catholic church has lost his job because he married his partner of 23 years in New York, one of seven states to recognize same-sex marriages.