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North Carolina Voters Pass Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Ken Blevins/Wilmington Star News, via Associated Press
Signs outside a polling site in Wilmington, N.C. The vote on an amendment to the State Constitution banning same-sex marriage came after weeks of debate in churches and on the airwaves.
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Published: May 8, 2012
As expected, North Carolinians voted in large numbers on Tuesday for an amendment that would ban same-sex marriages, partnerships and civil unions, becoming the 30th state in the country and the last in the South to include a prohibition on gay marriage in the state constitution.
Ken Blevins/The Star-News, via Associated Press
Voters in Hickory, N.C. on Tuesday.
About half a million people voted early, a record for a primary in the state, and turnout on Tuesday was unusually high as well. The amendment, which passed by a margin of more than 20 percentage points, was on the ballot along with other party primary races, some of which were closely contested.
The vote came after weeks of heated debate in church pews and over the airwaves. More than $3 million was spent on the rival campaigns. Ministers formed coalitions pushing for and against the measure, and cities passed resolutions condemning it. Former President Bill Clinton and the Rev. Billy Graham weighed in on opposite sides, and law professors skirmished over the consequences.
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