NORTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE AMENDMENT: Election Results, News, Analysis, Opinion

FINAL RESULTS:

YES 61.05%  NO 38.95%

1,303,952 VOTES   831,788 VOTES
Total Votes Cast: 2,135,740

***North Carolina voters have decided to amend the constitution barring any form of recognition for gay couples. Stay tuned for more news, analysis of the results.***

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Celebrities Sound Off on Passage of Amendment 1... ________________________________________________ Ari Ezra Waldman: Three Lessons Learned From Passage of Amendment... ________________________________________________ Heavily Black Counties that Supported Obama Supported NC Amendment by 70%... ________________________________________________ Marriage Equality USA Decries Passing of Marriage Amendment... ________________________________________________ Alliance Defense Fund: Amendment 1 Will Curb Domestic Violence as it Bans Gay Marriage... ________________________________________________ Turnout Expected to be High... ________________________________________________ AP Report Shows Politics-Fueled Anti-Gay Hatred Behind Amendment 1... ________________________________________________ NC Marriage Amendment Pastor: 'TOLERANT SOCIETY WILL LEAD TO ANARCHY, HITLER'... ________________________________________________ Catholic Church Political Mailer in Support of NC Marriage Amendment Draws Legal Complaint... ________________________________________________ BILL ROBO CALLS AGAINST NC MARRIAGE AMENDMENT... ________________________________________________ NC Woman Charged With Stealing Anti-Marriage Amendment Signs... ________________________________________________ COULDN'T HOLD IT: NC Marriage Amendment Supporter Urinates on NO Sign... Billy Graham Speaks Out For Marriage Amendment, Takes Out Ads... ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay NC State Senator's Wife: MARRIAGE AMENDMENT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE WHITE RACE... NAACP Blasts... FLASHBACK: 'Vote For Marriage' Chair: Marriage Will Give Gays 'Preferences' in Housing... ________________________________________________ REPORT: NC Marriage Amendment Battle 'Down to The Wire'... ________________________________________________

North Carolina Student's Petition For Appeal Against Amendment 1 Goes Viral... _________________________________________________ Last Time NC Amended Constitution Over Marriage Was to Prevent Blacks From Marrying Whites... _________________________________________________ PETITION: MOVE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA... _________________________________________________ Freedom To Marry: Amendment 1 is 'Last Gasp of Discrimination'... _________________________________________________ Amendment 1 Supporter Calls Jeremy Hooper a Faggot on Twitter... _________________________________________________ Voter Turnout To Set New Record in NC... _________________________________________________ Miss North Carolina Campaigns Against Amendment 1... _________________________________________________ Pro-Wrestler Apologizes After Telling Anti-Gay Amendment Supporter to Kill Himself... _________________________________________________  Amendment 1 Communication Director Says Civil vs Biblical Differentiation is 'Moot'... _________________________________________________ Obama Cancels Planned Trip to NC as The State Votes on Constitutional Amendment... _________________________________________________ FINAL POLL: MARRIAGE AMENDMENT HAS A CLEAR ADVANTAGE... _________________________________________________ Why North Carolina’s Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Could Be Just as Bad for Straight Couples... _________________________________________________ Famous Science Fiction Writer Orson Scott Card Slams Gay Marriage, Claims Gays Already Have Rights... _________________________________________________ NC Marriage Amendment Pastor Claims Gay Marriage Not Far From Man Beast Marriage... _________________________________________________

FALLOUT: Already Republicans Are Calling For County Domestic Benefits to be Rescinded... __________________________________________________ AFER: Amendment 1 is a 'Profound Injustice'... __________________________________________________ Polling Stations Report Confrontations Over Amendment 1... __________________________________________________ REPORT: Possible Voting Fraud Is Occurring During Vote... VOTERS COMPLAINING OF RECEIVING WRONG BALLOTS... __________________________________________________ NC House Majority Leader: ANTI-GAY HATE GROUP WROTE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT... __________________________________________________ Pro-Marriage Amendment Attorney Debunks 'Activist Judges' Meme... __________________________________________________ NC Marriage Amendment Supporter: GAYS ARE SIGNING AMERICA'S DEATH WARRANT... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Tensions Between Gays And Blacks as Gay Marriage Vote Nears in North Carolina... __________________________________________________ GOP NC Marriage Amendment Supporter Mocks Lesbian Couple's Wedding Photo... __________________________________________________ Baptist Law Students Oppose NC Marriage Amendment... __________________________________________________ NC Pastor Wants Parents to Punch Their Gay Sons, Crack Their Limp Wrists... ...I was only joking, sorta Church Manager: He was acting in the spirit of Jesus... Christian Post: LGBT Groups 'Attack' Pastor as Hateful, Edited His (AUDIO) Sermon... Lawrence O'Donnell: He's a 'hate driven' liar... Kids Send Pastor 'Cards of Hope'... Protest Planned... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________