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Related: About this forumNorth Carolina Election Official Refuses to Put Marriage Up for Vote
A North Carolina supervisor of elections has quit her job rather than put a same-sex marriage ban on the ballot there.
Sherre Toler had been Director of Elections in Harnett County for 11 years before she submitted her resignation on January 3, saying she could no longer act objectively, as the law required her.
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stated, 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,'" she noted in her resignation letter, as posted on Pam's House Blend. "I simply could not continue in the position of Director of Elections and remain silent on this important issue."
Toler cites the 1967 Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia, which dealt with the legality of a marriage between a mixed-race couple as part of what gives her such a principled view, having been in a relationship with a man of another race herself. (Read more about the case here.)
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/01/11/North_Carolina_Election_Official_Refuses_to_Put_Marriage_Up_for_Vote/
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)because they have principles
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Sherre is on facebook and I just sent her a note of support.
William769
(55,147 posts)I myself will never cross post again.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)One of the group members there is a former election official. She appreciated the story from that perspective.
William769
(55,147 posts)Glad it was useful.
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)a group of about 80, most of us have been in conversation for a good 10 years. It's a hidden group, so if anyone wants an invite, PM me.
MarkCharles
(2,261 posts)I just can't understand why this is no getting coverage.