When can I vote on your marriage? I would point out marriage equality is already illegal in NC, but the bigots want to make it super-illegal, so the legislature can't change their minds. The measure also removes any recognition from common law relationships, including hetero. Under similar laws in other states, battered women could no longer claim spousal abuse. Inheritance rights no longer applied to common law couples. Neither did child custody. But I guess all that is just the eggs that need to be broken to make a bigot omelet. Westnob, thanks for adding that link. I guess being bay also makes you Black?
I'll assume bay wasn't a freudian slip about SF. ;] What I want to see is a law that says everyone in NC can never get a divorce as well!
It passed by 61% Same sex marriage was already illegal so nothing is changing there. Although straight couples in domestic partnerships or legal unions are no longer recongnized under this amendment... so sanctity of marriage preserved!
Crandc, you can always start an amendment, or even easier, a proposition process in CA banning hetero marriage. Gather enough signatures, get it on the ballot, and let the people decide. The process is out there and easy enough to understand. Are you going to start it, or are you going to continue to accomplish nothing by whining on an internet forum? I'd love to see that on the CA ballot this fall. Get the ball rolling!
Very disappointing. I remember when Measure 36 was on the ballot here in 2004. I voted against it, but it won with 57% of the vote. I still see people driving around with "One Man, One Woman - Yes on 36" bumper stickers.
