North Carolina Votes to Ban Gay Marriage
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 9:26AM Earlier this week, North Carolina voted to ban gay marriage.
I am saddened by this news, which reminds us that even after so much progress, much of our country remains unsupportive of gay rights.
This is a political issue for President Obama, who says that his views on gay marriage are still evolving. With the upcoming national election, he will need to win over anti-gay marriage voters to clinch another victory. Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin have also banned gay marriage.
Interestingly enough, Vice President Biden in recent weeks has become much more vocal about his support for the issue. This past Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" Biden said that he is “absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties.”
By Sofia Pedroso '14
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