Landslide victory in North Carolina proves gay ‘marriage’ not inevitable say marriage supporters
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA , May 9, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The movement to protect marriage as a union of one man and one woman marched forward yesterday as an emphatic majority of North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment forbidding activist judges from redefining the family. Amendment One, the Defense of Marriage Act , passed on Tuesday by 61 percent to 39 percent. On his daily podcast Wednesday morning, Dr. Albert Mohler referred to the vote as a “landslide.” Peter LaBarbera , president of the family values group Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) told LifeSiteNews.com the vote’s impact is “huge.” Bill Clinton took a stand against Amendment One. “The thrust of the message from the other side is that the homosexual issue is over. How dare you still disagree us?” LaBarbera said. “Now we’ve got 61 percent of the people in a lopsided campaign with” enormous “media bias and all the advantages that the gay side had, and we won.” “The debate is n