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This story won't make it to national news, but I know some of you will be interested.
The Republicans who were ushered into the state legislature as a result of the 2010 midterm elections lost no time reviving the same-sex marriage issue. They have scheduled a state-wide referendum on a constitutional amendment which declares marriage to be a union between one man and one woman. A majority of North Carolinians, 56%, are against such an amendment; this number has held steady over the past several years. More Republicans than Democrats are in favor of the amendment, however, as might be expected.
The Republican sponsors of the amendment scheduled the vote on this referendum to take place during the May primaries. Obama is running unopposed. Guess who will not be showing up at the polls in droves to vote in the primaries?
The majority of the citizens of North Carolina are against this marriage amendment, but the majority will not vote. The Republicans know this and have cynically rigged the outcome, the will of the majority be damned.
And my Republican friends wonder why I don't join them.....
The Republicans who were ushered into the state legislature as a result of the 2010 midterm elections lost no time reviving the same-sex marriage issue. They have scheduled a state-wide referendum on a constitutional amendment which declares marriage to be a union between one man and one woman. A majority of North Carolinians, 56%, are against such an amendment; this number has held steady over the past several years. More Republicans than Democrats are in favor of the amendment, however, as might be expected.
The Republican sponsors of the amendment scheduled the vote on this referendum to take place during the May primaries. Obama is running unopposed. Guess who will not be showing up at the polls in droves to vote in the primaries?
The majority of the citizens of North Carolina are against this marriage amendment, but the majority will not vote. The Republicans know this and have cynically rigged the outcome, the will of the majority be damned.
And my Republican friends wonder why I don't join them.....
