Union County Support of Amendment 1

Yes Folks, those bigots over at Voteformarriagenc, has gotten another County to sign on board of their hate bus..

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF VOTER PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 8,
2012 VOTE TO AMEND THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION
PROTECTING MARRIAGE
THAT WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Assembly passed NC General
Statute 51-1.2: An Act to Provide that Marriages Recognized Outside of this
State Between Persons of the Same Sex are Not Valid”, and the United States
Congress enacted federal statute 1 U.S.C. §7, known as the “Defense of
Marriage Act” which mandates that for purposes of “determining the meaning of
any Act of Congress, or any other ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the
various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word
‘marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as
husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite
sex who is a husband or a wife”, and
WHEREAS, the Union County Board of Commissioners resolved April 6, 2009 to
support giving voters an opportunity to support or deny an amendment to the
North Carolina Constitution defining marriage, and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly further directed that a referendum be placed
on the May 8, 2012 ballot, to ask the following:
"[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage
between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that
shall be valid or recognized in this State."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Union County Board of
Commissioners endorses this Amendment to the North Carolina Constitution
which states that the only domestic legal union that is valid or recognized in
North Carolina is marriage between one man and one woman; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Union County Board of Commissioners
encourages voter participation on this important issue to be voted upon on May
8, 2012.
Adopted this 19th day of March, 2012.
Attest:
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Lynn West, Clerk to the Board
Union County Board of Commissioners
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Jerry B. Simpson, Chairman
Union County Board of Commissioners