Reply #12: The vote was moved to the May primary when polling showed that the bigots might lose in Nov. [View All]

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In May, the Republicans will be turning out in droves to choose a Republican presidential candidate and gubernatorial candidate. Obama and the Democratic governor of NC will be running unopposed, so there will be little reason for many Democrats to vote in the May primary. With the voters skewed heavily Republican, this will probably pass.

I worry about the impact on young gay people in the state. This is extremely disheartening to them. Equal marriage is already illegal in North Carolina. Watching a majority vote to amend the state constitution to make equal marriage double-triple illegal (and outlaw all civil partnerships too) is so mean-spirited.