Wasn't there some kind of similar protest not long ago, involving hair stylists? Of course that's a stereotypical occupation, but what if LBGTs of all occupations just decided to up and leave North Carolina?
Not to mention, part of the problem is, the wording is so vague it could be applied to any number of hetero couples as well.
Some argue the outcome is a good thing, because it is so extreme, so outlandish and so vague, it is guaranteed to face legal challenges. It's possible this will be the catalyst that generates real change.
It's not the best time for anyone to leave a job. In the more-populated areas of NC, the amendment was voted against. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro-Durham area of NC is a haven (if not the haven) for LGBT people in the state. Yes, the amendment had extremely vague wording, and that was part of the reason that even conservatives were opposed to it - it can affect even heterosexual unions, in addition to its foreseeable legal wranglings. I live in a town which had the first - and (as far as I know) only - openly gay mayor in the history of the state; most people who live here have no intention of leaving or giving up. I think the extreme outcome you mentioned, can work as, not only a litmus test, but - as you said - a catalyst.
By a margin of 58 to 42 percent, North Carolina voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that bans same-sex marriage. What do you think?
I have a policy of not saying anything negative about the South. Otherwise my Alabama friend will hammer me with his Faulkner-Welty-O'Connor tirade again.
Marla Wint Systems Analyst
Once again, I strongly suspect the underhanded machinations of one Professor Donald Dawes, a con man who travels the country selling state legislatures on phony constitutional amendments.
Bryan Hewlett Arrowsmith
Damn right it's banned. The Wright Brothers didn't put a plane in the air to see two dudes kissing under it.
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Well said, I personally don't care eather way.
FB friend's post: The anti-gay sentiment expressed by some heterosexual males is extremely short sighted. The more gay men you have in your community, the less competition you have for the ladies. And it's not just a random segment that's removed from the competition - these are the well groomed, well dressed guys ... the ones that like to dance. You need these guys out of the running if you ever hope to get any action. Lesbians, of course, are useless.
FB friend's post: The anti-gay sentiment expressed by some heterosexual males is extremely short sighted. The more gay men you have in your community, the less competition you have for the ladies. And it's not just a random segment that's removed from the competition - these are the well groomed, well dressed guys ... the ones that like to dance. You need these guys out of the running if you ever hope to get any action. Lesbians, of course, are useless.
Wasn't there some kind of similar protest not long ago, involving hair stylists? Of course that's a stereotypical occupation, but what if LBGTs of all occupations just decided to up and leave North Carolina?
Not to mention, part of the problem is, the wording is so vague it could be applied to any number of hetero couples as well.
Some argue the outcome is a good thing, because it is so extreme, so outlandish and so vague, it is guaranteed to face legal challenges. It's possible this will be the catalyst that generates real change.
Let's hope so. But a day will come when someone against same sex marriage will be in a position of having to rely on someone who is gay and expect them to provide whatever service it is they offer. I can handle people being against same sex marriages, it's mostly a case of ignorance, lack of education and fear, but to make it law? That's plain wrong on every level and i really do hope it's challenged and eventually overturned. Its 2012 ffs and people are still worrying about someone being gay? What i want to know is how on earth does someone being gay affect anyone else? How?
Wasn't there some kind of similar protest not long ago, involving hair stylists? Of course that's a stereotypical occupation, but what if LBGTs of all occupations just decided to up and leave North Carolina?
Not to mention, part of the problem is, the wording is so vague it could be applied to any number of hetero couples as well.
Some argue the outcome is a good thing, because it is so extreme, so outlandish and so vague, it is guaranteed to face legal challenges. It's possible this will be the catalyst that generates real change.
Ironically, in Florida, it's illegal to cohabitate with a member of the opposite sex if you're not married to one another. One of those old-timey laws that was never taken off the books. So same-sex couples can live together but if members of the opposite sex do, they can be charged with a felony.
Let's hope the day doesn't come when one of these numbnuts who voted against same sex marriage needs their life saving, say by a gay doctor or a lesbian nurse. Would their attitude then be 'i see you as a lower class citizen for being gay but i still want you to save my life?'
North Carolina, shame on you.
Wasn't there some kind of similar protest not long ago, involving hair stylists? Of course that's a stereotypical occupation, but what if LBGTs of all occupations just decided to up and leave North Carolina?
Not to mention, part of the problem is, the wording is so vague it could be applied to any number of hetero couples as well.
Some argue the outcome is a good thing, because it is so extreme, so outlandish and so vague, it is guaranteed to face legal challenges. It's possible this will be the catalyst that generates real change.
Let's hope the day doesn't come when one of these numbnuts who voted against same sex marriage needs their life saving, say by a gay doctor or a lesbian nurse. Would their attitude then be 'i see you as a lower class citizen for being gay but i still want you to save my life?'
