North Carolina Bans Gay Marriage

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•19 • May 9, 2012

By a margin of 58 to 42 percent, North Carolina voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that bans same-sex marriage. What do you think?

“I have a policy of not saying anything negative about the South. Otherwise my Alabama friend will hammer me with his Faulkner-Welty-O'Connor tirade again.”
Marla Wint –
Systems Analyst
“Once again, I strongly suspect the underhanded machinations of one Professor Donald Dawes, a con man who travels the country selling state legislatures on phony constitutional amendments.”
Bryan Hewlett –
Arrowsmith
“Damn right it's banned. The Wright Brothers didn't put a plane in the air to see two dudes kissing under it.”
Peter DeBoer –
Transfer-Car Operator

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