[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/north-carolinas-gay-marriage-ban-closer-to-public-vote\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/north-carolinas-gay-marriage-ban-closer-to-public-vote\/","headline":"North Carolina’s Gay Marriage Ban Closer to Public Vote","name":"North Carolina’s Gay Marriage Ban Closer to Public Vote","description":"By Jason Carson Wilson Equality in North Carolina was up for grabs on Monday, but in the end, the state House of Representatives approved legislation to...","datePublished":"2011-09-13","dateModified":"2021-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gay-marriage-news-north-carolina-state-flag.gif","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gay-marriage-news-north-carolina-state-flag.gif","height":256,"width":342},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/north-carolinas-gay-marriage-ban-closer-to-public-vote\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":292,"articleBody":" By Jason Carson WilsonEquality in North Carolina was up for grabs on Monday, but in the end, the state House of Representatives approved legislation to put a constitutional ban of gay marriage on the ballot in May 2012. Without allowing any input from the public, the chamber passed the amendment by a 75-42 vote, which included eight Democrats voting for the measure. It now heads to the GOP-controlled state Senate.The HRC and Equality NC had planned to deliver 45,000 N.C. voter-signed postcards and a letter from 500 clergy to the state’s capitol.The state statute bars same-sex unions. However, North Carolina remains the only southern state without a constitutional amendment, according to wnep.com.State rep. Dale Folwell, R-Winston-Salem, the bill’s co-sponsor, said the legislation would end debate on gay marriage. “Every year people campaign about this issue. It’s time that we settle it,” Folwell said in wnep.com’s story.Ellen Greaves, a lawyer and Equality NC PAC board member, said the proposed amendment “would write discrimination into the constitution.” “This proposed constitutional amendment runs against the tide of history, and has become a form of hate speech,” House Minority Leader Joe Hackney, D-Chapel Hill, said in a statement. “Modern corporations do not tolerate this kind of discrimination and neither should our state.”In addition to mailing campaigns, eight candlelight vigils were planned for Monday night. @font-face {   font-family: “Arial”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }A rally outside the Legislative Building is expected to take place Tuesday.According to Huffington Post, a recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling found a majority of North Carolinians oppose the constitutional amendment.\u00a0\u00a0"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"North Carolina’s Gay Marriage Ban Closer to Public Vote","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/north-carolinas-gay-marriage-ban-closer-to-public-vote\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]