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This amendment is truly disgusting. I didn't think I could have any less respect for religious conservatives. I was proven wrong today. Truly evil people.
Don't despair. If this were 10 years ago, every county in NC probably would have voted for the amendment. The fact that several counties voted against it shows you that opinions are changing.
I am not religious and I couldn't care less about what the Bible says so I wouldn't really know....
So now we're going to make concessions for siblings to get married only if they're both physically unable to prodcue children.... Hmm, it just sounds simpler to keep marriage the way it is.
You're for the degradation of our society just to allow two men or women to marry each other for some inexplicable reason. Sad.
Two people who love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together=degradation in your eyes? Really? Yet bitter, hateful straight people can get married for the flimsiest of reasons?
And you better get religious real fast since religion is the most commonly used reason to deny human beings their basic rights.
North Carolina approves amendment to ban gay marriage with 58% vote!
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Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale
Then you must be a conspiracy theorist on this issue too. For years, polls have shown an increasing acceptance of homosexuality. Here's a Pew poll from last year:
"While the public is divided over same-sex marriage, a majority of Americans (58%) say that homosexuality should be accepted, rather than discouraged, by society."
North Carolina voted, and they have 58% against homosexual marraige.
They have a Democracy, they voted, the people have spoken. It doesn't really matter what a poll says. That state has made up their mind.
Don't despair. If this were 10 years ago, every county in NC probably would have voted for the amendment. The fact that several counties voted against it shows you that opinions are changing.
It still baffles me that in the 21st Century, in the supposed greatest nation on earth (what a joke that is), gays are still being mistreated and discriminated against.
And these bigots actually think God is on their side. I think the whole wide path to Hell was referring to Christians, more than non-believers. I expect a lot of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals to be in for a rude awakening if this is their example of spreading Christ's love and compassion.
Don't despair. If this were 10 years ago, every county in NC probably would have voted for the amendment. The fact that several counties voted against it shows you that opinions are changing.
Well, that's all fine and dandy except this vote was to amend the Constutution. That has a little more finality to it. A vote to overturn it will be quite the challenge.
Uh, yes I do. That's exactly what you're trying to do to me. Your morals lead you to believe that we should all be okay with gays getting married. I disagree. So do the people of the state of North Carolina. The people have spoken. You can't do anything to change it. So it's probably best to mind your own business and stop creating assumptions about the people who voted.
No, I am saying you can do whatever you want. It is your stance that is arbitrary.
"You can't do that because I don't like it!!!!"
That is pretty much your stance. My stance is that of freedom. You can marry whichever sex you desire. Your's is the stance that would limit freedom. I'm not forcing you to marry someone of the same sex. You ARE putting force on others.
Do you have any evidence to support this outrageous claim? And how do you jive the claim with the fact that many Republicans are not religious and many Democrats are religious? Faith or lack of faith in a supreme being or religious system is not based on political viewpoints.
Not sure if you've noticed just about everything the GOP has been doing lately? Nearly all inspired by religion...
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North Carolina approves amendment to ban gay marriage with 58% vote!
