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North Carolina may vote yes due to voters lack of understanding

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Will gay marriage be stopped in North Carolina?

If the numbers hold up, anti-gay marriage advocates will continue their near perfect record when it comes to the voting booth.

On Tuesday, North Carolina citizens will have an opportunity to decide on Amendment One. If passed, the legislation will ban the state from recognizing civil unions, strip away domestic partner benefits and could eliminate legal protections for all unmarried couples.

As reported by Public Policy Polling, 55 percent intend to vote yes next Tuesday (8 May). Only 41 percent are opposed.

The pollsters argue that one of the reasons why the numbers are so lopsided is because voters do not understand how far reaching the legislation is. More than half, 55 percent, of Tarheel voters support some type of legal recognition of gay relationships — from civil unions to marriage.

‘When we informed poll respondents the amendment banned both gay marriage and civil unions and then asked how they would vote, only 38 percent continued to support it with 46 percent opposed,’ the polling organization wrote.

New Report: More Than $101M Raised For/Against Gay Marriage in 2008

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Recent elections have highlighted the struggle between gay rights interests and conservative and religious interests. In 2008, voters in four states (California, Arizona, Florida and Arkansas) considered ballot measures relating to same-sex marriage and benefits. Despite their fundraising advantage in all but one of these states, same-sex rights interests were rejected in all four instances.

A new report from the National Institute on Money in State Politics, titled “The Money Behind The 2008 Same-Sex Parnership Ballot Measures” examines the $101.1 million raised around these measures.

The report found that the money raised by committees supporting or opposing these measures was split nearly evenly. Gay rights advocates raised $51.1 million, while opponents raised $50 million.

Full Story from Docuticker: http://www.docuticker.com/?p=30105

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Basic Rights Oregon Launches Gay Marriage Drive

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Gay rights activists on Monday will launch a campaign to persuade Oregonians they should reverse their vote of five years ago and support same-sex marriage.

Basic Rights Oregon, the state’s largest gay rights group, aims to put on the Oregon ballot as early as 2012 an initiative asking voters to lift the constitutional ban on gay and lesbian marriage that passed in 2004.

The goal is “to allow same-sex couples to legally marry in this state,” said Jeana Frazzini, executive director of Basic Rights Oregon “There is no substitute for the respect and dignity that comes with marriage.”

Full Story from Oregon Live: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/group_launches_drive_for_same-.html

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Gay Marriage Groups File Ballot Challenge to Prop 8

Friday, September 25th, 2009

A coalition of gay groups have filed language to repeal Proposition 8, the initiative that banned gay marriage in California.

Although larger gay groups such as Equality California have opted to wait until 2012 to challenge the ban, groups such as Love Honor Cherish, WhiteKnot.org, and Equality Network have submitted the proposal for the November 2010 election.

If passed, the proposal will replace Section 7.5 of the state constitution – “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognised in California” – with “Marriage is between only two persons and shall not be restricted on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.”

Full Story from Pink News: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14250.html

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