Anonymous wrote:And I thought that the fact that its the most boring place on Earth was reason enough not to go to the Outer Banks......

I like boring on vacations. I go on vacation to rest up from the other 51 weeks in the year.

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Anonymous wrote:I would have voted against the marriage between same sex people but I support their rights.

No, you don't.

yes I do, I believe in marriage between a man and a women, you have no idea what I believe are you dictating what a person should believe in? I have no problem with a gay couple having the rights of me but you can;t tell me what I would do or believe in-You sound like you have a problem with people who are not affraid to stand up for what they belive.

Let me guess, you are against peopel owning guns ?

I believe you are an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:I would have voted against the marriage between same sex people but I support their rights.

No, you don't.

yes I do, I believe in marriage between a man and a women, you have no idea what I believe are you dictating what a person should believe in? I have no problem with a gay couple having the rights of me but you can;t tell me what I would do or believe in-You sound like you have a problem with people who are not affraid to stand up for what they belive.

Let me guess, you are against peopel owning guns ?

sorry for the typos darm phone

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Anonymous wrote:I would have voted against the marriage between same sex people but I support their rights.

No, you don't.

yes I do, I believe in marriage between a man and a women, you have no idea what I believe are you dictating what a person should believe in? I have no problem with a gay couple having the rights of me but you can;t tell me what I would do or believe in-You sound like you have a problem with people who are not affraid to stand up for what they belive.

Let me guess, you are against peopel owning guns ?

And I thought that the fact that its the most boring place on Earth was reason enough not to go to the Outer Banks......

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I know I would and I would have voted against the marriage between same sex people but I support their rights.

You don't support their rights if you vote against giving them the right to marriage. Do you see that?

Against marriage = does not support rights

It's a shame that I already have plans to be NC for two weeks this summer. It's my first and LAST visit.

I really do not understand why someone's relationship is my business at all. I so wish we didn't have these legal classes of relationships and that we valued all viably living and breathing humans equally. It's pipe dream I know.

Boycotting Virginia already. Happy to add North Carolina to the list.

I believe in putting my money where my values are.

I'm not gay. I'm a woman married to a man - however, the thought that a friend or a coworker would not have the same rights to marry or visit a loved one that I would. I wonder how many of these people who voted against equal rights would have voted against rights for African Americans? Would have voted against rights for women? To me it is the same thing - equal rights for everyone - or for nobody.

Anonymous wrote:I would have voted against the marriage between same sex people but I support their rights.

No, you don't.

Anonymous wrote:Didn't only 15% of eligible voters turn out in that election? Seems like an organizing problem, and probably 61% of NCians are not for that ammendment.

Not sure where you heard this, but it's incorrect. I just heard on Morning Edition that there was record turnout, likely because of the amendment. The motivating effect of bigotry is amazing.

Anonymous wrote:Didn't only 15% of eligible voters turn out in that election? Seems like an organizing problem, and probably 61% of NCians are not for that ammendment.

Is this Al Gore?

Amendment 1 states that “marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.” It's totally unclear how this amendment will actually play out in practice, but legal scholars are saying that it could create many problems not only for gay couples, but for straight unmarried couples. Theoretically any straight or gay couple could show up at a hospital, and have the hospital staff say "family only, and according to our laws you are not family."

I'm a married lesbian, and I actually agree with the poster above that marriage shouldn't be tied to rights. If I could get the rights without the marriage, I would be happy to do so. Unfortunately, those who don't want gays to marry are also the first to deny us because we are not married. I got married because it is one more way to protect my partner and our child.

I won't be going to North Carolina, not because I want to deny hardworking NCers their livelihood, but because I don't want to risk dying alone, and I certainly don't want to be in a situation where our daughter would be in the hospital and be denied one of her moms.

Didn't only 15% of eligible voters turn out in that election? Seems like an organizing problem, and probably 61% of NCians are not for that ammendment.

Anonymous wrote:You realize that this is just not about gay marriage.

Children of cohabitating couples are at risk of losing insurance. The fact is that a handful of cities that offer domestic partner benefits will now have to revoke them due to the amendment passing. Those local governments include Greensboro, Asheville and Chapel Hill, as well as Mecklenburg County (Charlotte).

There are a number of other "possible impacts" that depend on how the amendment is interpreted. Among those potential impacts are:

•Custody and visitation rights for unmarried parents could be curtailed.
•Non-married partners may see rights revolving around hospital visitation and emergency medical decision-making curtailed.
•Non-married partners could lose some standing to make decisions after a partner has died and estate planning could be more difficult for non-married couples.

The last time North Carolina amended their constitution on marriage it was to ban interracial marriage.

Well put, don't you think people who voting agisnt it would be in favor of exactly wha tyou said if they presented it that way?

I know I would and I would have voted against the marriage between same sex people but I support their rights.