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"too many big words"

you mean like "extremism" and "christian"?

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 11:10 AM. Reason : ]

5/8/2012 11:08:37 AM

5/8/2012 11:11:46 AM

My only hope is that when the article says it polled "likely voters" that means people who have voted in primaries a lot in the past i.e. old people. I am hoping that this amendment brings out people who don't normally vote and vote against it. I am also hoping a bunch of Ron Paul lovers out there are showing up and will add to the unprojected numbers of those who squash this thing.

5/8/2012 11:23:07 AM

I have a bad feeling that this amendment will pass. If it does, it will truly bring shame to North Carolina.

5/8/2012 11:24:30 AM

things likely will remain how they are till our generation pushes out the baby boomers.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 11:27 AM. Reason : .]

5/8/2012 11:26:07 AM

polls suggested that the amendment will pass, iirc. shitstorm incoming

5/8/2012 11:26:40 AM

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"things likely will remain how they are till our generation pushes out the baby boomers."

Could pull the plug on social security and expedite that process. Oh, the humanity. Our poor, poor old people...that have dumped on us relentlessly and without remorse.

5/8/2012 11:29:37 AM

I was already planning on leaving NC in a year.

But leaving b/c this passed will make a better story.

5/8/2012 11:48:23 AM

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"I have a bad feeling that this amendment will pass. If it does, it will truly bring shame to North Carolina. "

Every time I see it mentioned I think of that scene in Million Dollar Baby where the mom says something like, "Every time people in town hear about what you're doin' they laugh. They laugh at you."

5/8/2012 11:50:48 AM

my facebook has been awesome today

i'm all like

5/8/2012 11:51:12 AM

There are handful of GOLO users on WRAL saying very asinine things under, what they think, is anonymity. Can we use this thread a little to learn more about these folks? I need some laughs.

5/8/2012 11:59:22 AM

If you don't see Amendment 1 on your ballot Call 1-866-687-8683 immediately.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/north-carolina-amendment-one-election-fraud_n_1499992.html

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"North Carolina residents are heading to the polls today to vote on a controversial amendment banning gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships in the state's constitution. The Courage Campaign and popular LGBT blog Joe. My. God are reporting that some residents are encountering what is described as a possible election fraud as they prepare to vote on Amendment One, which will act in addition to the state's statutory prohibition against recognition of same-sex marriage. According to the reports: All, we're getting reports here in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Raleigh (which are base areas for us, e.g. anti-Amendment 1) of precincts handing out INCORRECT ballots. In North Carolina, 17-year-olds can vote in the statewide primary (e.g., for governor, etc.) if they turn 18 by November 6th. However, they CANNOT vote on Amendment 1 in this primary -- they can only vote for candidates -- therefore they are being handed ballots WITHOUT Amendment 1. That is proper election procedure. The problem is, the reports we are getting are that people OVER 17 are also being handed these ballots WITHOUT Amendment 1 in what would normally be heavily anti-Amendment 1 precincts (Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Raleigh). We are working on testimonials from voters who have experienced this -- in the meantime, if you report on Amendment 1, PLEASE ask readers to call 1-866-OUR-VOTE if they experience this in NC, or know someone who did. That will enable the campaign's field team to investigate and correct this as soon as possible. A number of high-profile religious leaders -- including Beacon Baptist Church Pastor Tim Rabon and Pastor Sean Harris of Fayetteville's Barean Baptist Church -- have spoken out in favor of the proposed amendment, and as The New York Times reports, recent polls of the state and an analysis of past ballot initiatives in other states suggest that the measure is likely to pass."

5/8/2012 12:19:00 PM

Found this gem on GOLO:

"I voted yes because I believe that our state government needs to legislate our morals"

A thousand public awareness campaigns will not change these people. They'll go to the grave with this hatred for people not like them.

5/8/2012 12:20:37 PM

"Carrie" from Page 11 is back

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"Samwise16 I hope all my North Carolinians will go vote against Amendment One today! Please make our state proud! Like · · 2 hours ago near AL · Carrie http://www.voteformarriagenc.com/docs/nc_mythsandfacts.pdf 45 minutes ago · Like"

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 12:29 PM. Reason : sdfg]

5/8/2012 12:29:22 PM

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"I voted yes because I believe that our state government needs to legislate our morals"

well, at least they're honest and not trying to hid behind some semantic argument about what the defnition of marriage is.

5/8/2012 12:29:42 PM

Voted. Did a write in "maybe".

5/8/2012 12:45:29 PM

^^^ I'm glad I have only people who understand separation of church and state on my Facebook. Or if there are some that don't, they're smart enough to keep their mouths shut on the matter.

5/8/2012 12:48:49 PM

Yeah, I have a few friends on facebook complaining about all the bickering amongst their "friends". I'm not really having that problem though. I think it's because I deleted all my "friends" that constantly posted bible verses and other religious vomit a long time ago.

5/8/2012 12:53:25 PM

^lol... one of my current FB "friends status...

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"FOR!!!! ?'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads'...Leviticus 20:13"

5/8/2012 12:55:15 PM

^that's when you post all the other "sins" that are described in Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Exodus, etc. Every single one of us should be killed!! If for no other reason than doing some sort of work on Sundays. Exodus 35:2 prohibits that. Maybe we should amend our freaking consitution to ban any kind of work on Sunday? That's important, right?

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 1:02 PM. Reason : ]

5/8/2012 1:01:42 PM

“If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives” (Deuteronomy 22:28–29)

5/8/2012 1:02:49 PM

Interesting that it says nothing about women lying together. I guess even in biblical times they were into girl-on-girl action

5/8/2012 1:03:37 PM

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"Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society."

- Thomas Jefferson

5/8/2012 1:04:07 PM

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""I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men; she is to keep silent." Timothy 2:1"

they eventually fired the preacher at my parents' baptist church because he didn't think women should teach sunday school. apparently the preacher was just doing what god wanted, and the congregation really disapointed god. women should know their place, and should meet the backside of our hand if they try to tell us men what to do.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 1:09 PM. Reason : ]

5/8/2012 1:08:40 PM

via FB:

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"Bible verses you can follow today while in the voting booth: Group 1: The killing of homosexuals is condoned and encouraged (Leviticus 20:13) Don't let cattle graze with other kinds of Cattle (Leviticus 19:19) Don't wear clothes made of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19) Psychics, wizards, and so on are to be stoned to death. (Leviticus 20:27) OR Group 2: "So in everything, do unto others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:12) Your call"

5/8/2012 1:16:53 PM

leviticus is creepy in general and would put everyone to death.

Leviticus 20:9

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.

Leviticus 25:44-45

Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.

5/8/2012 1:21:18 PM

FREE Shrimp! ban THE BIBLE!

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"Leviticus 11:10 ESV But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you. "

5/8/2012 1:22:35 PM

and don't forget banning football, touching the skin of a dead pig is a sin. amend the constitution!!1

5/8/2012 1:24:32 PM

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"My only hope is that when the article says it polled "likely voters" that means people who have voted in primaries a lot in the past i.e. old people. I am hoping that this amendment brings out people who don't normally vote and vote against it. I am also hoping a bunch of Ron Paul lovers out there are showing up and will add to the unprojected numbers of those who squash this thing."

They also do not poll cell phones, most people under 30 do not have landline anymore.

5/8/2012 1:28:11 PM

lol true..

5/8/2012 1:35:53 PM

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"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property."

I'm so buying me some Canadians.

5/8/2012 1:48:14 PM

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"Interesting that it says nothing about women lying together. I guess even in biblical times they were into girl-on-girl action"

I loled.

5/8/2012 2:13:56 PM

man i'm so anxious for the results

5/8/2012 2:27:43 PM

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"and don't forget banning football, touching the skin of a dead pig is a sin. amend the constitution!!1"

reminds me of a very good west wing moment haha

5/8/2012 2:32:07 PM

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"Interesting that it says nothing about women lying together. I guess even in biblical times they were into girl-on-girl action"

of course they were. they were into multiple wives, and the dude got to make it with the female slaves of the wives, and concubines....

5/8/2012 2:32:11 PM

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"I'm so buying me some Canadians."

They're Canadians, you could probably just ask them to work for free and they'd do it

5/8/2012 2:32:26 PM

stay classy

5/8/2012 2:34:29 PM

"I voted "for" banning all legal unions except marriage between a man and a woman!"

Stay classy

5/8/2012 2:38:33 PM

5/8/2012 2:40:32 PM

not watching, don't care what that dude says either way

5/8/2012 2:41:03 PM

lol i voted against it.

but that up there is bullshit.

5/8/2012 2:41:23 PM

People need to stop getting so worked up about this amendment.

If A1 weren't on the ballot gay marriage still wouldn't be recognized in this state, so it's not changing the current state of things.

And if anything, A1 passing will force this issue to be ruled upon quicker than normal, and you can rest assured the courts will not uphold it.

So stop whining about it, Christ it's so annoying to see this shit on Facebook constantly. Gay marriage will be legally recognized in NC. Not today and not tomorrow, but some day fairly soon.

5/8/2012 2:43:52 PM

i made the mistake of visiting wral again. holy shit, we're surrounded by hateful morons.

http://www.wral.com/share/page/1896337/?d_full_comments=1&d_comments_page=17&id=11074385#comments_block

5/8/2012 2:44:04 PM

^5 Normally that guy annoys me but that was an interesting sermon.

^ I hate GOLO so much.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 2:45 PM. Reason : a]

5/8/2012 2:44:21 PM

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"So stop whining about it, "

So we shouldn't be upset that our lawmakers are spending all this time on such a ridicuolous issue, when we have all sorts of actualy important issues that are not being addressed?

We shouldn't be pissed that our tax money is being wasted on this, instead of being used for something that would be half-way useful?

You sound ridiculous.

5/8/2012 2:45:34 PM

^^^

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"Remember...a vote against the amendment is a vote for Bert and Ernie. Some people are confused by the wording of the bill so I just wanted to clarify."

5/8/2012 2:47:58 PM

^^ How much money do you think would be wasted on an amendment that recognizes gay marriage legally? Same amount. Doubt you'd feel like it was a waste though.

Maybe you missed the point, which is that A1 passing is a good thing, because it will force a quicker ruling on its constitutionality once and for all. And it will definitely be in favor of gays.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 2:49 PM. Reason : ...]

5/8/2012 2:49:15 PM

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 2:53 PM. Reason : God is the creepy guy in the corner who likes to watch]

5/8/2012 2:52:14 PM

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"How much money do you think would be wasted on an amendment that recognizes gay marriage legally? Same amount. Doubt you'd feel like it was a waste though."

Apples and oranges. There is not a law already on the books allowing for gay marriage. If there was a law on the books and they made an amendment on it then yes, that would be a waste of money.

5/8/2012 2:52:39 PM

As results come in, you'll be able to see how the Amendment's looking here: http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/79717/en/md.html?cid=425000010

5/8/2012 2:54:02 PM