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Amendment One and An Angry Lament of a Native Son

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Amendment One and An Angry Lament of a Native SonI am a native son of the Deep South, born and bred in the land of cotton, Christianity and conservatism.

As a native son, I soaked up the homophobic culture in which I lived just as I soaked up a love of college football, the smell of fresh mown grass and cut wild onions on Sunday afternoons and July thunderstorms beheld on the back porch with iced cold sweet tea.

But I know now what I did not then. I know that I had friends who were gay, lesbian and bisexual, and I know that those friends overheard hate speech, cloaked in piety, fall from of my mouth as if it were righteousness. They heard me use the word “gay” as a pejorative. They heard me speak with confidence of how God condemned homosexuality. They heard me joke that God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. They heard from me what they heard from everyone else in the South and what they heard tonight in North Carolina.

Full Story from LGBT Nation

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NC, USA: New Poll Shows Voter Views Unchanged on Amendment One

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

New York Gay Marriage Poll55% of survey respondents favor the ballot measure that would constitutionally ban marriage and other forms of relationship recognition for gay couples. 41% of respondents oppose the measure.

The latest numbers on North Carolina’s Amendment One shows that 55% of survey respondents favor the ballot measure that would constitutionally ban marriage and other forms of relationship recognition for gay couples, according to a poll released Tuesday afternoon by Public Policy Polling. 41% of respondents oppose the measure, only a 1-point increase over the last survey conducted in April.

A crucial caveat remains, however: When those surveyed were informed about the amendment’s broad authority to outlaw civil unions, only 38% supported it, compared to 46% opposed.

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NC, USA: Billy Graham’s Son Endorses Amendment One

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Last week Billy Graham’s daughter warned that God will destroy North Carolina if the amendment is not approved.

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FL, USA: Jacksonville Considering Ban on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

Monday, April 30th, 2012

A coalition of business organizations and elected officials are backing legislation to ban anti-gay discrimination which is set to be introduced at next week’s Jacksonville, Fla., city council meeting.

The bill would bring Jacksonville into the same posture as other large Florida cities by formally forbidding discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations — places like restaurants and hotels — based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

“You shouldn’t be able to fire someone because they’re gay. You shouldn’t be able to do that in Jacksonville,” said former Mayor John Delaney, who has been active in assembling support for the bill.

Full Story from LGBTQ Nation

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NC, USA: Two Christians, Two Opinions on Amendment One

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

Christians and Amendment OneNathan King and Michael Brown are both Concord Christians who preach about Jesus’ love. But when it comes to their stance about Amendment One, the two couldn’t be more different.

King, senior pastor of Concord’s Trinity United Church of Christ, supports the rights of gays to marry, and he opposes Amendment One. Brown, director of the Concord-based FIRE School of Ministry, supports Amendment One, declaring that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

The two will get their chance to vote on how the North Carolina government defines marriage during the May 8 primary when they vote on a referendum for Amendment One. The proposed constitutional amendment states, “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.

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Russia: Moscow May Follow St. Petersburg’s Lead With “Gay Propaganda” Ban

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

Moscow Gay Propaganda BanMoscow, Russia may follow St. Petersburg’s lead and pass a law prohibiting so-called “gay propaganda.”

Yesterday, the Moscow City Legislature announced it will hold a “roundtable” discussion about enacting a similar ban with representatives “from the legislatures of the Kostroma and Archangelsk regions, as well as the city of St. Petersburg” — areas that already have anti-homosexual laws in effect.

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NC, USA: Newscast Explains Details of Amendment One

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

WFMY News, the CBS affiliate in Greensboro, North Carolina, does a pretty good job explaining the legal complexities of the antigay initiative Amendment One on the May 8 ballot. Meanwhile, straight philanthropist Todd Stiefel’s online challenge is up until the end of the week. He’s matching dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000 through the campaign’s website and ActBlue to fund new TV ads produced by Chad Griffin and his business partner Mark Armour .

Here’s how the WFMY News report opens:

What if the government told your boss he or she could not provide benefits to your spouse or even your children? You might have a problem with that. While it might sound unbelievable that the government would take away those benefits, some fear that could happen here in North Carolina.

We’re talking about Amendment One. It’s the amendment some call the “gay marriage amendment,” but this amendment is about a whole lot more than marriage. It’s also about benefits and economics.

Full Story from Frontiers LA

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NC: Anti Marriage Equality Activists Rally in Raleigh

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Pro Amendment One RallyThe widow of a lawmaker who was the driving force behind a gay marriage referendum on next month’s ballot in North Carolina told thousands of conservative Christians it’s now up to them to get people to the polls to change the state constitution.

Mary Frances Forrester and other conservative leaders asked participants at the Return America rally to work to protect the supremacy of traditional marriage from potential court challenges. Gay marriages are now granted in six states and the District of Columbia. Two more states — Maryland and Washington — have authorized them but licenses have not yet been issued.

Forrester, wife of the late Sen. Jim Forrester, asked women in the audience to recruit others to vote for the amendment leading up to the May 8 primary. The early voting period began Thursday.

Full Story from Deseret News

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MN, USA: Supreme Court Won’t Hear Marriage Ban Lawsuit

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Minnesota Gay Marriage LawsuitThe Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to review a case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s ban on gay marriage, paving the way for the suit to proceed to trial, the MinnPost.com reported.

The case was filed on May 11, 2010 by three gay couples: Doug Benson and Duane Gajewski; Thomas Trisko and John Rittman; and Jessica Dykhuis and Lindzi Campbell along with their 2-year-old son Sean.

Benson also serves as executive director of Marry Me Minnesota.

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OH, USA: Anti Gay Group Files Suit to Invalidate Initiative Effort

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Ohio Marriage Equality Ban RepealSupporters of Ohio’s gay marriage ban have filed a legal challenge to a petition seeking to repeal the ban.

Earlier this month, Ohio’s Ballot Board cleared a proposed amendment filed by Freedom to Marry Ohio which would legalize gay marriage in the state. It would repeal a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union, which passed in 2004 with overwhelming support.

The group now must collect roughly 385,000 valid signatures from at least half of Ohio’s 88 counties to get the proposal on next year’s ballot. The Ohio Campaign to Protect Marriage, the group behind the 2004 amendment, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Mike DeWine, the Dayton Daily News reported.

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