Another sad day in the USoA. I guess the first amendment only applies to some people.

I have always admired the freedom US citizens have

a free country, becoming free-er everyday

freedom!

Oh brother.. Why now? Why this year? This should just do all kinds of good things for keeping the Convention nice and quiet. As if that was likely to happen as it was, now it will be a 3 ring circus. Perhaps the Animal Liberation Front can Liberate some elephants from a nearby zoo and we can call it right and proper.

(I'm kidding about the zoo thing, if some moron actually had already planned something.. Who knows these days and heck, making N.C. the target of 2012 for the Gay/Lesbian and related community really was about the dumbest thing I could think of. Where the Dem Conv is in September? Really?? Someone thought this was the moment for this battle??

Anything more some other entity can throw into the bonfire? The events keep piling on.

There ya go folks democracy in action and yep sometimes you get caught on the short end of that stick.

Second.

for an amendment that would ban same-sex marriages, partnerships and civil unions

I can't remember where I read it but someone was saying that the majority of voters didn't understand that this would also ban civil unions. I think the results may have been different.

I still don't get what the problem is with same sex marriage. It doesn't hurt anyone, and if two consenting adults want to make a commitment to each other and have shared responsibilities and benefits I don't understand how anyone has the gall to say boo about it.

well at least its consistent with the "Police State"

America has been become - anything but Equality and Freedom.

to ban same-sex marriage is afterall, a sexist clause.

since when do straight people care about who [SNIP]? no, but really. This is out of straight people comfort areas- of course they would vote no,because they are not a lesbo, gay, bi, or a tranny- they just don't get it and they would have no clue how to go about the matter. Why don't they just let the gay population vote on this? oh that's right because "gaydom" affects us all, not just the person who gets bullied by the majority. Farmer mac got every family member that can legally vote (including his 106 year old grandmother- of whom he only seen 3 day outta the last 35 years she's lived in the nursing home), loaded them up in his john deer, and once again the straights have turned gay-because they have just screwed us [SNIP].

Same old shart -

Conservative - Take government out of my wallet and only to stick it in your pants!

then why did they "ban" something,

that was already "illegal"?

Originally posted by BiggerPicture

then why did they "ban" something,

that was already "illegal"?

Thats the million dollar question.

They enshrined it into their constitution, in a desperate attempt to cling to what they see as normal. Times are a-changin. NC went Dem in 08 for the first time since 76. Cities are getting more progressive. Homosexuals arent (too) afraid to be visible in public. And a lot of old folks are scared to death y all of that. And there are politicians who will cater to that, because its a solid voting block. It MIGHT cost the GOP NC in 2012, but it might help them win back a lot of seats in the following years.


Ever been to small town NC?

I wonder.