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The News & Observer and Charlotte Observer will host a live chat on the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and civil unions with two of the state's religious leaders.
David Hains, a spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and Robin Tanner, a pastor at Piedmont Unitarian-Universalist Church will answer reader questions and discuss the amendment. Join the debate at 10:30 a.m. by clicking here.
The constitutional amendment on marriage appears poised to pass, but a new poll shows support slipping two weeks before the May 8 primary.
The Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday shows 54 percent of primary voters support making marriage between one man and one woman the only legal union recognized in North Carolina -- a four-percentage-point drop from a month ago.
The Washington Post's Amy Gardner takes a look at the main issue President Barack Obama will overlook when he returns to North Carolina Tuesday -- and no, it's not the scandal at the state Democratic Party. It's the consitutional amendment defining the legal recognition of marriage.
Obama previously issued a statement opposing the amendment. But Gardner, a former N&O political reporter, notes his campaign's hands-off approach to the May 8 ballot initiative. (Read more below.)
A new Elon poll of all North Carolinians -- not just likely voters -- shows attitudes shifting ever so slightly on the issue of marriage rights or legal recognition for same-sex couples.
