Really ugly to see.

how in the hell is that possible?????

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just exactly how 2 guys or 2 gals getting spliced has a didly-damn thing to do with their own marriage.

The only thing I can come up with is that they're in the closet and are afraid of having the freedom to get honest and marry their true love.

Hey, it's no worse that the "Because it *DOES*!" excuse most of them use, right?

A good LTTE in today's N&O:

When churches lobby

As 501(c)(3) organizations, churches cannot be permitted to lobby the general public in support of specific referenda using publicly subsidized, tax-exempt property. Churches that lobby for the marriage amendment using marquees and lawn signs abuse this status and insult the taxpayers.

Taxpayers are men, women, gay and straight and are not unified on this point. Using publicly supported tax-exempt property to lobby the public at large is unethical. If you are a 501(c)(3) organization with any public signage on your property that endorses the marriage amendment, or a marquee urging its adoption, then I intend to take a picture and email it, along with IRS Form 13909 (Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint Form), to eoclass@irs.gov. You can explain to the IRS why you are using the taxes of gay and lesbian citizens to promote a mandate that they believe is antithetical to their general welfare. This is really what freedom of religion in the Constitution is all about.

Deborah A. Baro
Wilson

And one from Crazyville:

Worth protecting

There have been scare tactic claims as to Marriage Amendment results if passed. Funny, we’ve had the same-worded statute since the mid-1990s! The amendment doesn’t affect businesses’ benefits to their employees. And all unmarried couples can create general wills, powers-of-attorney and other legal paperwork to cover their properties, assets or health issues as a couple.

Some politicians want same-sex civil unions as compromise, but homosexuals themselves are never content with such. Some states passed civil union laws as compromise (with extensive benefits), but the homosexual crowd only used it to beat those legislatures into accepting same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage (or civil unions) would allow same-sex couples to legally adopt or foster-care children, something not good for children’s emotional/mental well-being. Public school children would be taught that same-sex marriage is equal to opposite-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage supporters claim it’s a fairness issue, as the two same-sex persons love each other and have sex. Using that criteria, is marriage of threesomes or foursomes who love each other and have sex next?

Christians respect persons’ dignity, even those afflicted with same-sex attraction disorder. But it isn’t bigotry to protect marriage as one man and one woman.

Daniel Barton
Fayetteville

"Same-sex attraction disorder" -- was that terminology coined by Ted "Happy Endings" Haggard?

May 8th cannot get here fast enough. VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT ONE!

When I read the actual teachings of Jesus and listen to the music, I think, "Wow, I could do this." And then I hear the narrow-mindedness and hatred of many of the followers and take a pass. I know there are some churches and many Christians who are decent, but the thundering hypocrisy of the most vocal really turns me off.

I am in NC. I will be voting against.

I think what is disturbing is the County Commisioners listed.

I have no idea how many churches there are in NC, but Charlotte is the largest city, and the Yellow Pages lists about 1100 churches in Charlotte alone

No doubt there are bigots to spare, here as elsewhere, and only the noisiest bigots signed the list you posted. But the list still probably doesn't represent most counties or most churches