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(63,416 posts)It's not just same sex rights. The proposed constitutional amendment goes way beyond that. It would make unconstitutional ANY domestic arrangement other than marriage between a man and a woman. Heterosexual relationships would be affected too. Child protections and domestic violence protections would be wiped out for unmarried couples. Retired people living together would have their arrangements wiped out.
And this is just one small part of the damage that Republicans have wreaked in my state since they seized control in 2010 for the first time in more than a century. The governor is not perfect, but she's done the very best she could with a bad situation. We MUST have a Democrat as governor. This is a crisis.
I can't believe that I am reading DUers advocate for electing a Republican in North Carolina. Unbelievable.