Rebe for gay marriage N.C. - POLITICO

Contents:

• HISTORIC DAY: GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL NORTH CAROLA
• NORTH CAROLA APPROV AMENDMENT BANNG GAY MARRIAGE
• AMENDMENT ONE GAY-MARRIAGE BAN TURNS 5 – UNENFORCEABLE, BUT STILL NC NSTUTN
• NORTH CAROLA BILL LOOKS TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE BAN PASS IN NORTH CAROLA

HISTORIC DAY: GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL NORTH CAROLA

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.

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.

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.

NORTH CAROLA APPROV AMENDMENT BANNG GAY MARRIAGE

Republin state lawmakers North Carola are proposg a bill that would ban gay marriage the state, acrdg to a lol CBS affiliate report Tuday. 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.

AMENDMENT ONE GAY-MARRIAGE BAN TURNS 5 – UNENFORCEABLE, BUT STILL NC NSTUTN

“We are not anti-gay; we are pro-marriage, ” said Tami Fzgerald, chairwoman of the group. 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. In anticipatn of the lg earlier this week, an enormo rabow flag was draped across the ont of Asheville's landmark art- cy hall to signal support for gay Cantrell and Lren Whe, wh their two children tow, walked outsi Reisger's office wh their license and were greeted by fay and iends.

"At the same time we know that you n still be fired simply for beg gay North Carola. The vote mak North Carola the 30th state to adopt a ban on gay marriage. More stat will vote on gay marriage later this year.

NORTH CAROLA BILL LOOKS TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE

Washgton state voters are also expected to nsir a gay marriage ban while Mae November will vote on whether to approve same-sex marriage. The vote the key swg state me after a tough uple days for the Whe Hoe on the issue of gay marriage, which Print Barack Obama hasn’t publicly favored. But Vice Print Joe Bin and Edutn Secretary Arne Dunn both publicly endorsed marriage equaly recent days, makg their boss look behd the curve the gay muny.

GAY MARRIAGE BAN PASS IN NORTH CAROLA

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In North Carola, the gay-marriage fight sparked an aggrsive mpaign by activists on both sis of the issue and drew a number of high-profile voic to the ay.

Former Print Bill Clton — who is servg as a high-profile Obama surrogate — rerd a roboll opposg the amendment, notg that North Carola already has a state law banng gay marriage, and echog lol activists who say the measure uld weaken state laws protectg women om domtic vlence.