North Carolina bans gay marriages
Voters in North Carolina have approved a state constitutional amendment forbidding gay marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships, still divisive social issues in the United States.
Blake High School Gay-Straight Alliance sends tolerance message around the world
Students at James Hubert Blake High Schoo l launched a new kind of diplomacy this year to spread a message of tolerance for gays and lesbians : Call it rainbow diplomacy. The school’s Gay-Straight Alliance created a rainbow-colored paper doll and sent her around the world. “Allie the Ally” can be printed out and photographed anywhere and with anyone who wants to show support for gay youth . Read ...
Obama, North Carolina at odds on gay marriage: Will it cost him the state?
As of Wednesday, President Obama now openly supports gay marriage. North Carolina voters, just a day earlier, decided by a wide margin to amend their constitution to ban gay marriage and civil unions.
Lesbian seeking marriage documents arrested in NC
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A lesbian and her heterosexual ally are facing charges because they wouldn't leave a North Carolina marriage license office after being rejected under a state law that bans gay marriage.
Effect of NC gay marriage amendment unclear
North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, but not much is expected to change immediately.That's because North Carolina ...
Effect of N.C. gay marriage amendment unclear
Raleigh, N.C.— North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, but not much is expected to change immediately.
North Carolina Gay Marriage Ban: Obama Says He's 'Disappointed'
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's campaign says he's "disappointed" with North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Obama campaign spokesman Cameron French said in a Tuesday statement that the ban on same-sex unions is "divisive and discriminatory."
Obama likely to discuss 'evolving' gay marriage view in interview
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is sitting down Wednesday afternoon for an interview with "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts as the White House tries to contain fallout from Vice President Joe Biden's gay marriage comments.
Bev Perdue, North Carolina Governor, On Amendment 1 Passage: 'We Look Like Mississippi'
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) said Friday that she was embarrassed by voters' passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state's constitution earlier this week, primarily because it made the state "look like Mississippi."
North Carolina constitutional amendment on gay marriage unlikely to have immediate effect
North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, but not much is expected to change immediately.