Grant Given To Fight Marriage Amendment

Special Report - March 1, 2011
Homosexual activists are stepping up their efforts to try to prevent the citizens of North Carolina from voting on a Marriage Protection Amendment in November 2012. Just two days after Senator Jim Forrester (R-Gaston) introduced legislation that would give North Carolinians the opportunity to vote on a Marriage Protection Amendment, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that it had awarded the state’s largest homosexual advocacy group, Equality North Carolina (ENC), a $10,000 grant to “support ENC’s work to keep a constitutional marriage amendment off the ballot.” In a press release announcing the grant award, HRC president Joe Solomnese said, “We are pleased to forge a stronger partnership with Equality North Carolina and redouble our efforts in the Tar Heel State.”

Why would HRC, the nation’s most powerful homosexual advocacy group, be concerned about a bill introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly? Homosexual activists are targeting North Carolina because it remains the only Southern state without a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, despite the fact that legislation that would give North Carolinians the opportunity to vote on a Marriage Protection Amendment has been introduced in the General Assembly for eight years. For the past seven years, the previous leadership of the General Assembly refused to allow consideration of these measures, in part because of the successful efforts of homosexual activists and their allies. 

As we reported last week, Sen. Forrester’s bill, SB 106—Defense of Marriage would ask voters on November 6, 2012 (the date of the next statewide general election) to vote for or against a “Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.”

“Homosexual activists in North Carolina and at the national level are working hard to ensure that the Marriage Protection Amendment legislation does not get a vote in the General Assembly this year,” said Bill Brooks, president of the North Carolina Family Policy Council. “Just because we have new leadership in the State House and Senate does not necessarily mean that the fight to get a Marriage Protection Amendment on the ballot is going to be easy. Now more than ever, lawmakers need to hear from pro-family citizens across North Carolina! They are already hearing from homosexual activists and their allies.”

Related resources:
Marriage Protection Amendment Filed - February 24, 2011
Majority for Traditional Marriage - February 15, 2011
Majority Battle Rundown - February 2, 2011
D.C. Marriage Case Snuffed By Supreme Court - January 19, 2011
Assault On Marriage Intensifies - November 12, 2010
ADF Petitions U.S. Supreme Court - October 15, 2010
Judge Says Federal DOMA Flawed - July 9, 2010
D.C. Appeals Court Rejects Marriage - July 20, 2010
N.C. Voters Want Marriage Amendment - April 27, 2010
The Issue That Will Not Go Away - FNC - April, 2010
An Update on the Battle over Marriage Redefinition - FNC - April, 2010
D.C. Issues Homosexual Marriage Licenses - March 4, 2010
Court Rejects D.C. Marriage Referendum - February 24, 2010
D.C. Mayor Signs Same-Sex "Marriage" Bill - December 21, 2009
Judge Rules Texas DOMA Unconstitutional - October 16, 2009
Bill Would Repeal Federal Marriage Law - September 18, 2009
White House Wants DOMA Repeal - August 19, 2009
Justice Defends Marriage - June 22, 2009
Lawsuit Challenges Federal DOMA - March 6, 2009
Three-Fourths Support NC Marriage Amendment - February 25, 2009
Council Urges Marriage Vote - February 20, 2009
White House Seeks Pro-Homosexual Agenda - January 21, 2009
Marriage Amendment Bill Filed in NC House - July 3, 2008

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