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Originally Posted by yubba
From what I read I'm assumming it was a public vote, 60% to 40%, and some are forgetting, the people spoke, they did the same in 38 other states, they did in California but a judge turned it, it's We the People, and I don't think we need to subsidize what goes on in every bedroom in America, tell me how it would be paid for, the insurance rates would skyrocket things are bad enough as it is, this is a non-issue, how is gay marriage going to make jobs, how is this going to bring down the price of fuel, how is this going to save our country.
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The people spoke? The turnout in North Carolina was 34% of registered voters. And you can bet that every baptist church was pushing for their members to get out and vote and bussing them to the polls. That means that 66% of the population didn't really care one way or another if gays are allowed to marry. So if 61% of that 34% of registered voters voted "yes" that means that only 21% of registered voters in the state cared enough to go vote against gay marriage. That's far from an overwhelming mandate.
And insurance rates? Please. What about the economic benefit to the tourism, hospitality, floral, photography, and event planning industries? It's convenient to ignore those numbers, isn't it?