Fuck North Carolina

5/8/2012 8:22:02 PM

This is sincerely disappointing. I love North Carolina, but this makes me want to relocate.

5/8/2012 8:22:13 PM

hopefully, since only 5 have reported 100% there is still a chance this doesnt pass

5/8/2012 8:22:44 PM

5/8/2012 8:22:57 PM

^^ Don't hold your breath

5/8/2012 8:23:18 PM

Yeah. I am glad I will be getting out of this Bible belt state.

Probably to a smaller, more Bible-hugging town ... but still. At least it will be different I guess.

5/8/2012 8:23:39 PM

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/79999/en/md.html?cid=425000010

Maybe next primary they can add another amendment to ban pornography like Rick Santorum wanted to do.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:24 PM. Reason : duh duh DUH!]

5/8/2012 8:24:07 PM

Splended tyranny of the minority you have there NC.

5/8/2012 8:24:23 PM

WRAL is way behind - NC Board of Elections as of 8:24

Percent Votes
For
56.89% 412,661
Against
43.11% 312,647

5/8/2012 8:24:29 PM

I too am disappointed in the policies the government keeps initiating.

Fortunately, I won't suffer directly from this policy. My friends will though and that makes me angry.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:25 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2012 8:24:38 PM

what the fuck North Carolina??

5/8/2012 8:24:56 PM

I'm pretty sure this is going to be voted in. I voted against it, in fact, one of the few reasons I went to vote in a primary is to vote against it. I hope I'm wrong.

5/8/2012 8:25:05 PM

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"Splended tyranny of the minority you have there NC."

huh? tyranny of the majority you mean?

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:26 PM. Reason : a]

5/8/2012 8:25:18 PM

I don't trust the election results page.

I will remain hopeful...

Drink to celebrate. Drink to commiserate.

5/8/2012 8:25:46 PM

NC ranks right up there with Alabama and Mississippi! Congratulations you dumb-ass rednecks!

5/8/2012 8:26:05 PM

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"what the fuck North Carolina??"

Nobody can honestly be surprised when the majority of the state is populated by ignorant Bible thumpers.

5/8/2012 8:26:24 PM

^^Fuck you. Get the fuck out.

^Watch yourself.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:26 PM. Reason : ]

5/8/2012 8:26:34 PM

^

One of my friends agrees in the seperation of state and church. However, he voted for the amendment. When I asked why, he replied, "Because it's my duty as a Christian to support my beliefs. It's in the Bible. Anything else is considered a sin."

5/8/2012 8:27:28 PM

Far more progressive states have similar amendments. I just can't stand this shit, though. Amendments are NOT intended to restrict the rights of a certain class of people who otherwise harm no one and nothing else... so ridiculous.

5/8/2012 8:27:29 PM

Fuck Jesus and most of his followers

5/8/2012 8:28:37 PM

Considering that only a very small percentage of the state's overall voting population will be the reason that passed, rwoody, I'm pretty sure I meant minority. You go back and check again for me though. Let me know.

As with most primary elections, the fringe activist minority turns out to vote and elects more ideologically extreme candidates, or supports more ideologically extreme referendums, hence, tyranny of the minority which the rest of you are subject to in the general, or in this case, statutorily/constitutionally.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:31 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2012 8:28:52 PM

135k and rising, game over folks

5/8/2012 8:29:00 PM

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/23/10490130-maryland-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-allow-gay-marriage?lite

5/8/2012 8:29:03 PM

Tyranny over the minority for sure...

5/8/2012 8:29:15 PM

a lot of NC homosexuals are going to be disappointed tomorrow when they learn they can't marry each other. oh wait, that was already true...

5/8/2012 8:29:23 PM

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"^^Fuck you. Get the fuck out. ^Watch yourself."

You can't deny it. While the urban areas are a different story, the majority of counties and NC's population are rural and it's mostly conservative Christians that reside in rural areas. And they apparently also don't understand the meaning of separation of church and state.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:30 PM. Reason : s]

5/8/2012 8:29:50 PM

I can't even explain the crazies that were at the polling site where I volunteered today.

It was pretty bad and got very heated numerous times....I am so disappoint that this will pass

Oh well....off to The Stockroom to party and drink my sorrows away.

5/8/2012 8:30:09 PM

Well if this shit passes, it will guarantee I will never return to live in NC, nor will I ever open a business in NC. I'll be sure to write some nice letters to the fuckwit Republican idiots that sponsored this shit.

5/8/2012 8:31:00 PM

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"a lot of NC homosexuals are going to be disappointed tomorrow when they learn they can't marry each other. oh wait, that was already true..."

that's the whole point of the criticisms - kick gays when they're already down and round them up with the other domestic sinners too

5/8/2012 8:31:45 PM

that's sort of what i was getting at, there

5/8/2012 8:32:46 PM

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" Amendments are NOT intended to restrict the rights of a certain class of people who otherwise harm no one and nothing else... so ridiculous. "

+1

I need to look more into it, but I'm curious. Why does a state have any right to dictate what constitutes a marriage? Primarily for taxes? I mean, why is it the state's business to approve/disapprove of any marriage? That's a personal issue that should be left up to individuals imo. A domestic dispute is a domestic dispute; it shouldn't matter on the relationship between the parties. If I'm being batshit crazy, someone please pm me and help me understand.

5/8/2012 8:33:32 PM

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"Not in NC, but I'm supporting marriage as a covenant between one man and one woman. Allowing gay marriage is like making it legal for unmarried five-year olds to have sex with each other. No one is harming or taking advantage of another, but it's still immoral and wrong before God. We should hold on to our conscience and sensitivity against homosexuality and gay marriage just like we still hold on to our conscience and sensitivity against little children having sex. The general consensus of society does not change what is right and wrong. If I was in a country where it was legal for little children to have sex, I would stand up against it, just like I'm standing up against gay marriage now. So if you live in NC, go vote FOR marriage!"

my FB friend's post

sad, really

5/8/2012 8:34:14 PM

well then you should have done it from the perspective of the farmers who don't have to fear gay marriage anymore

5/8/2012 8:34:19 PM

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" my FB friend's post sad, really "

They would be my friend no more.

5/8/2012 8:36:59 PM

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"my FB friend's post"

Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate that relationship.

5/8/2012 8:37:10 PM

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"FB"

Well there's your problem.

5/8/2012 8:38:05 PM

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"Allowing gay marriage is like making it legal for unmarried five-year olds to have sex with each other."

Jesus H. Christ... they aren't even the same thing. Are they two consenting adults? Seriously, I lose faith in humanity on a daily basis.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:38 PM. Reason : ]

5/8/2012 8:38:39 PM

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"my FB friend's post"

so are you friends IRL, or just on FB? lol. Because if you were IRL friends, wouldn't it be worded>

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" my friend's FB post"

If it's the former, de-friend! Lol jk jk jk. Why can't people be friends though they have difference of opinion, even if the other person is wrong?

5/8/2012 8:39:38 PM

Is anyone else feeling clinically depressed over this? I am. And I am not so sure I will be able to sleep tonight because I am kind of stuck in an endless loop of trying to make some shred of sense out of the arguments I'm hearing for the majority opinion here, and failing.

5/8/2012 8:40:23 PM

News flash, not the end of the world.

5/8/2012 8:42:20 PM

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"Why can't people be friends though they have difference of opinion, even if the other person is wrong?"

Comparing homosexuality to kindergartens having sex goes well beyond differences in opinion. It goes along with why I'm not friends with Neo-Nazis or other categories of hate mongers.

5/8/2012 8:42:47 PM

my bad, he was my friend IRL before facebook

5/8/2012 8:43:13 PM

I am moving to Boston, who wants to come with me?

5/8/2012 8:43:26 PM

I wish I had a bunch of money

I want to go buy some gay people a drink

5/8/2012 8:43:26 PM

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"News flash, not the end of the world."

This is pretty typical of young people. They can't fathom that there are people in this world that have different opinions on things than them. Hence, they're utterly devastated when something that was painfully obvious (the amendment passing) comes to be.

5/8/2012 8:43:40 PM

Amendment 1, US Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:44 PM. Reason : ....]

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:45 PM. Reason : ^ Hopefully this will inspire some of them to become join gov't and become just as disenfranchised..]

5/8/2012 8:43:49 PM

lol valid point wolfpackgrrr

wolfpackgrrr - 1
Hiro - 0


In my defense, I was referring to the general spectrum of opinions, not just that particular one.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:44 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2012 8:44:21 PM

this guy's kind of a know-it-all prick amirite?

5/8/2012 8:44:23 PM

Getting mad at what other people do because it's against your religion is like getting mad at someone for eating cake because you're on a diet.

5/8/2012 8:44:35 PM

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"Why can't people be friends though they have difference of opinion, even if the other person is wrong?"

This isn't a difference of opinion. This is voting on government policy - policy which is carried out by force. If you're held at gunpoint in the street, you don't ask, "Why can't we just get along?" Clearly, the time for getting along has passed. Getting along would have meant not having this amendment up for vote at all or voting against it.

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"This is pretty typical of young people. They can't fathom that there are people in this world that have different opinions on things than them. Hence, they're utterly devastated when something that was painfully obvious (the amendment passing) comes to be."

I can fathom it. We live in a hillbilly state in a country that is already culturally backwards and mocked by the world. It doesn't change the fact that I view people who voted "For" with contempt. They're either hateful or ignorant - there are no other possibilities.

[Edited on May 8, 2012 at 8:46 PM. Reason : ]

5/8/2012 8:44:40 PM