NC Gov. Perdue to vote no on gay marriage ban

Dan82 · Oct 9, 2011

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/10234317/

Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Friday she'll vote against a change to North Carolina's constitution next May that would prohibit gay marriage, saying that although she backs traditional matrimony, the question if approved could harm the state's economy and job creation.

Perdue, a Democrat, announced her feelings on the statewide ballot measure less than four weeks after the Republican-led Legislature pushed it through the House and Senate. While Perdue criticized General Assembly leaders last month for pushing the amendment as part of their social agenda at a time when citizens want elected officials to get the economy moving, she hadn't expressed her views on the question itself.

Perdue said in a prepared statement she believes marriage is between one man and one woman and voted while in the Legislature for a 1996 law so that North Carolina couldn't recognize same-sex marriages in other states.

"I continue to support that law today," Perdue said. "But I'm going to vote against the amendment because I cannot in good conscience look an unemployed man or woman in the eye and tell them that this amendment is more important than finding them a job...

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IsItSo · Oct 9, 2011

Not really the reasons we'd hope for, but at least it's a "no."

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