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Sometimes the most powerful statements about equality come from the grassroots — not any official campaign. Here is a video (hat tip to my neighbors here in Durham, George and Linda Thompson). A 15-year-old, Carter Smith, made a video against Amendment One, interviewing people in their church.
At first you will see short statements against the discriminatory ballot initiative, that will ban not only same-sex marriage by amendment our state constitution, but it will ban civil unions and eliminate all domestic partnerships that municipalities and counties have granted to same-sex couples in North Carolina. But about a minute or so in, people start articulating why this amendment will harm so many in the state, and why they support legal recognition of same-sex couples.
Thank you, Carter for creatively showing why Durhamites are speaking out — and will vote against Amendment One on May 8.
We need to get on the air with commercials featuring the voices of people who oppose Amendment One. They are needed to educate voters about the harms and impact of the amendment — and the latest PPP poll suggests many voters do not know what the ballot initiative means, but when told, 42% oppose the amendment.
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Thanks, Carter. That was excellent.
Durham, an island of reason and conscience in the middle of an ocean of knuckle-draggers.
Good luck.
Carter Smith has surpassed anything and everything David Gregory has ever done.
David Gregory’s major accomplishment was pointing where the White House residence was in relationship to the plane that flew into the White House when Bill Clinton was President.
I wish the courts would just settle this issue once and for all so that we can get it out of our local politics and all of our elections.
Should the state even be using the term ‘marriage’ at all, for anyone?
Also, why aren’t the people who think they’re protecting marriage fighting to make divorce more difficult? By not doing so, they reveal that they’re motivated by hate rather than any concern for loving bonds as a foundation for our society.