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A day after North Carola approved a nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage, opponents are explorg their next optns

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HISTORIC DAY: GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL NORTH CAROLA

North Carola joed s southern neighbors Tuday enshrg opposn to same-sex marriage the state nstutn, a move that churned the natnal bate over gay marriage spe havg ltle immediate effect si North Carola.  * north carolina ban on gay marriage *

North Carola is the 28th state to legalize gay marriage. RALEIGH, North Carola – North Carola joed s southern neighbors Tuday enshrg opposn to same-sex marriage the state nstutn, a move that churned the natnal bate over gay marriage spe havg ltle immediate effect si North state already banned gay marriage, so the amendment fg marriage as between a man and a woman did nothg to change that. Natnally, the vote was closely watched at a time when gay marriage is returng to the polil nversatn.

NORTH CAROLA APPROV AMENDMENT BANNG GAY MARRIAGE

Print Obama has faced prsure recent days to make his gay marriage stance more clear, after top officials his admistratn have eher endorsed gay marriage or spoken support of has said his view is "evolvg. Billy Graham, 93, was featured full-page newspaper ads backg the Carola is the 30th state to pass a nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage. |North Carola Voters Pass Same-Sex Marriage Ban ADVERTISEMENTNorth Carola Voters Pass Same-Sex Marriage Blevs/Wilmgton Star News, via Associated PrsMay 8, 2012As expected, North Carolians voted large numbers on Tuday for an amendment that would ban same-sex marriag, partnerships and civil unns, beg the 30th state the untry and the last the South to clu a prohibn on gay marriage the state half a ln people voted early, a rerd for a primary the state, and turnout on Tuday was unually high as well.

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But Republin lawmakers phed an amendment out of ncern that the law was danger of beg stck down by public opn is shiftg rapidly across the untry and same-sex marriage ntu to achieve legal regnn state by state, polls North Carola before the vote showed a narrowg but fortable marg for Blevs/The Star-News, via Associated Prs“We are not anti-gay — we are pro-marriage, ” Tami Fzgerald, chairwoman of the executive mtee for the pro-amendment Vote for Marriage NC, said at a victory rally Raleigh, where supporters ate piec of a weddg ke topped by figur of a man and a woman.

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 15 of the New York edn wh the headle: Ban on Gay Marriage Pass North Carola. Republin state lawmakers North Carola are proposg a bill that would ban gay marriage the state, acrdg to a lol CBS affiliate report Tuday.

NORTH CAROLA BILL LOOKS TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE

Hoe bill 780 would void the Supreme Court’s cisn on gay marriage the Tar Heel state. "We are not anti-gay; we are pro-marriage, " a proponent of the amendment says. We have gay iends.

“We are not anti-gay; we are pro-marriage, ” said Tami Fzgerald, chairwoman of the group.

GAY MARRIAGE BAN PASS IN NORTH CAROLA

Print Barack Obama said he was “disappoted” by the vote, scribg as discrimatory agast gays and lbians, a spokman said. Supreme Court cl to hear gay marriage appeals.

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