Friday, May 11, 2012

LGBT in NC

A couple major events happened in the LGBT community this week.   The first we already covered.  President Obama came out publicly in favor of gay marriage. Which as I worte was a BFD.   On the absolute flip side of this coin was the tremendous hatred that the state of North Caroline showed on Tuesday   by passing a same sex marriage ban.  Of  course same sex marriage was already illegal but thats beside the point, when you hate so much why not just add a little more? 

(CNN) -- North Carolina voters have passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, CNN projects, putting a ban that already existed in state law into the state's charter.
With more than 1.5 million votes counted from Tuesday's referendum, supporters of the ban led opponents by a margin of 61% to 39%, according to figures from the State Board of Elections. Its backers prepared to celebrate by serving wedding cake to their supporters in a Raleigh ballroom.
Tami Fitzgerald, the head of Vote for Marriage NC, said she had been confident that "the people of North Carolina would rise up and vote to keep the opposition from redefining traditional marriage.
"We are not anti-gay, we are pro-marriage," she said. "And the point -- the whole point -- is simply that you don't rewrite the nature of God's design for marriage based on the demands of a group of adults."

These pro marriage North Carolinians received their message straight from God, to protect marriage.   Heck is God says it, it has to be true.  Right?   


I wonder if Julaine Appling is looking at housing in NC? 

On a much more sane side, my friend Steven Reynolds out up a great post @ BB on this subject

Also if you are LGBT, dont give up there are many of us out there fighting for equal rights for all, and as they say  It Gets Better!

Which Side Are You On?

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