TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN IS THE ONLY DOMESTIC LEGAL UNION THAT SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE.
The first issue that I have is that discrimination against anyone should never be placed within a document created to uphold the rights of all citizens. The second issue that I have is that gay marriage is already illegal in this state and an amendment is unnecessary and a waste of tax dollars (do you hear me Libertarians and fiscal Conservatives?) on a large scale. The third issue is that due to the wording of this act all homosexual couples and all unmarried heterosexual couples will be discriminated against. Although not specifically stated, numerous possibilities exist for state abuse and expansion of power introduced by the NC Republican Party. Do you hear me Conservatives? The GOP is your party and you claim to support small government conservatism; however, this act is a big government takeover of people's personal lives. You should oppose this and vote NO! Possible abuses include but are not limited to: women may be unable to receive legal protection from battering boyfriends, unmarried custodial parents may not be able to receive state mandated child support, custody of children may no longer be enforced by the state courts, and a dying partner (gay or straight) will be unable to see their partner on their death bed for the purpose of saying goodbye. Results most likely will be be an increase in domestic abuse, increased poverty from lack of child support, unfit parents raising children, and a state viewed as a heartless machine with no compassion. Another result will be a wave of children without health insurance because if this passes civic and others employers will have the legal option to drop children from insurance policies paid for by unmarried couples at work. This is an absolute outrage and should be fought! Finally this is simply about forcing the morality of a minority of Fundamentalist Evangelicals on the masses using a legislative hammer. From the very beginning of this fight I have speculated that this ballot initiative is an abomination straight from the depths of the Right Wing Family Values Machine. Now I am convinced. On my drive through Wake County today all the pro-amendment signs were in front of several local churches. I can only assume that they feel that the passing of this amendment will increase the interest in marriage; however, what they have forgotten is that the decision to marry is a personal decision and should never be influenced by the policies of the State. Amendment One will not strengthen the family. It will intrude in people's lives, destroy our standard of living, and promote a climate of bigotry and intolerance that for too long has been a characteristic of the former Confederacy.
VOTE AGAINST AMENDMENT ONE ON MAY 8.
