The New York Times editorialized against the constitutional marriage amendment in North Carolina this morning calling it "gratuitous bigotry."
"North Carolina already has a law barring same-sex marriage, but the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature is not satisfied. It devised a measure to enshrine this obvious discrimination in the State Constitution and placed it on the ballot of the state’s May 8 primary election — a test of tolerance versus bigotry that ought to be watched closely nationwide." Read the editorial here.
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The New York Times confused the voters
May 1, 2012 - 6:05am — inandohHow is the New York Times going to influence us rednecks by using such big words as "gratuitous?" If I remember correctly that big word has like 5 vowels.
So doesn't gratuitious bigotry mean "good bigotry?" Or is it "tip bigotry?"
Do we really care what a
April 30, 2012 - 11:06pm — PattynMorrisvilleDo we really care what a liberal state that's embraced same-sex marriage has to say about North Carolina?
Butt out
April 30, 2012 - 12:25pm — newsjunkyI'm a conservative North Carolinian opposed to the amendment and I arrived at my opinion without hearing from the New York Times or the LGBT crowd what I should think.