Blog & News

Mar. 28 2012

On Wednesday, in separate statements, notable North Carolina Republicans Richard Vinroot and Robert Orr each expressed their opposition to Amendment One. With their public statements, the two storied public servants join a growing list of conservatives speaking out against the constitutional amendment on the May 8, primary ballot.

 

Mar. 28 2012

John Hood, president of the conservative think tank, The John Locke Foundation, told his readers that he opposes Amendment One.

Mar. 27 2012

Speaker Thom Tillis and other conservatives are admitting that Amendment One support is crumbling.

Mar. 27 2012

At an appearance from N.C. State University this week, House Speaker Thom Tillis, a primary proponent of Amendment One, acknowledged that the next generation is largely opposed to the constitutional rewrite on the May 8, primary ballot, and that it would be repealed.

Mar. 27 2012

Publicized memos from the National Organization for Marriage reveal the organization's strategy to divide voters in their efforts to sway state-level ballot measures like Amendment One.

Mar. 26 2012

This morning we announced our weeklong money bomb. Only hours later, the campaign momentum is clear.

Mar. 20 2012

Like many North Carolinians, Russell Robinson opposes Amendment One. But the long-time attorney has an added incentive for ensuring the state’s founding document lives up to its original intent of protecting all North Carolinians: it was his grandfather, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice William B. Rodman, who authored the 1868 North Carolina Constitution.

Mar. 19 2012

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue spoke out against harmful Amendment One in Charlotte Saturday.


Mar. 16 2012

Protect ALL NC Families has made a petition available thanking President Obama for speaking out against this harmful amendment.

Mar. 16 2012

In a statement today to the Raleigh News & Observer, President Barack Obama formally opposed Amendment One, a constitutional amendment on the May 8, 2012, North Carolina primary ballot that would ban relationship recognitions and threaten protections for the state’s unmarried couples.