Thread: North Carolina’s Ban on Gay Marriage Appears Likely to Pass

well in addition to New Jersey and Washington North carolina will be defining Marriage as a union between a man and a woman.........The sad part for gays is they are banning civil unions to.........

North Carolina's Ban on Gay Marriage Appears Likely to Pass - NYTimes.com

On Tuesday, North Carolina will vote on a state constitutional amendment that declares, “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized,” thereby banning recognition of same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships of any kind.

North Carolina can try as hard as it likes, but the Supreme Court is going to be ruling on same sex marriage very soon, and no state law can trump the constitution. I have very little doubt that the court will strike down gay marriage bans. Every argument in favor of banning it is virtually identical to arguments against interracial marriage, and the state has no compelling interest in preventing people from marrying. It has no interest in trying to force people to breed. It has no interest in inhibiting the formation of families. Marriage is a constitutionally protected fundamental right, and there is no argument strong enough to infringe upon that right for homosexuals.

Originally Posted by Navy Pride

well in addition to New Jersey and Washington North carolina will be defining Marriage as a union between a man and a woman.........The sad part for gays is they are banning civil unions to.........

North Carolina's Ban on Gay Marriage Appears Likely to Pass - NYTimes.com

On Tuesday, North Carolina will vote on a state constitutional amendment that declares, “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized,” thereby banning recognition of same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships of any kind.

Gay anything seems to be a major issue for you. Homosexuality isn't even big enough to have made the top 10 Commandments. What's the deal?

Do you live in North Carolina?

How is banning SSM defending heterosexual marriage? Are gay people going to stop being gay because of this? That's the major flaw in the anti argument, allowing SSM does not in any way harm heterosexual marriage.

We are truly a country of ****ing retards.

Originally Posted by Navy Pride

well in addition to New Jersey and Washington North carolina will be defining Marriage as a union between a man and a woman.........The sad part for gays is they are banning civil unions to.........

North Carolina's Ban on Gay Marriage Appears Likely to Pass - NYTimes.com

On Tuesday, North Carolina will vote on a state constitutional amendment that declares, “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized,” thereby banning recognition of same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships of any kind.

This law does nothing to help marriages remain healthy, so I'm not supporting it.

Originally Posted by Your Star

How is banning SSM defending heterosexual marriage? Are gay people going to stop being gay because of this? That's the major flaw in the anti argument, allowing SSM does not in any way harm heterosexual marriage.

SSM is about establishing marriage-like sister legal unions which do not have the higher expectations of 'marriage' or the stigma of 'divorce', thus attracting more couples to enter those unions and subsiquintly separate in a few years.

No one really cares about gays except gays and a few of their close friends who feel obligated. The demographic is simply to small to matter. If this were actually about gays using "marriage" no one would care. We might hear about it being allowed in some news brief, and then it would disappear and life would go on.

SSM is not about gays.

Originally Posted by Jerry

No one really cares about gays except gays and a few of their close friends who feel obligated.

I am living proof of the falseness of that statement.

Originally Posted by Navy Pride

well in addition to New Jersey and Washington North carolina will be defining Marriage as a union between a man and a woman.........The sad part for gays is they are banning civil unions to.........

North Carolina's Ban on Gay Marriage Appears Likely to Pass - NYTimes.com

On Tuesday, North Carolina will vote on a state constitutional amendment that declares, “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized,” thereby banning recognition of same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships of any kind.

I found out about this months ago. And I'll say the same thing now that I did then, the people who proposed this bill are devious. They purposely set it during the time they did to ensure that it would pass, during a time when only a GOP primary would be happening and that means that most who would vote against it will likely not be voting.

Unfortunately, people are lazy and many don't care about this issue one way or another.

Luckily, within the next 10 years, it is highly likely that the SCOTUS will strike down all these same sex marriage laws and amendments that go against the US Constitution. The way this amendment is written proves that those against same sex marriage are not just against same sex couples using the word marriage, as many try to claim.

I think the 'reasoning' that concludes gays are so small a minority the American People simply don't care because they don't know any gay people is the same as back in the 50's and racial civil rights.

Fortunately we have a court system that looks into things when most Americans don't wish to examine.

The issue will go back and forth with the appeasers attempting to substitute civil union for marriage, but eventually same sex marriage will be the law of the land.