The Amendment

The race in our neighborhood is close: 4 signs against the amendment and 3 signs for.  We tipped the balance yesterday afternoon by adding the 4th.

The amendment, which will appear on our ballot on May 8, provides that "marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized" in North Carolina.  Because most of the people I know are appalled by such an amendment, it's hard to imagine that this could pass.  But as the signs reveal in our neighborhood, the race is closer than we'd like.

Others more passionate than I have articulated many arguments against this repressive amendment.  For me, it comes down to this: Life is hard enough as it is, why make it harder?  If two people love each other so much that they want to get married--one of life's most difficult challenges--let's support them.

Efforts to thwart love, as we're reminded of in both Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story, end up destroying everyone.  North Carolina Amendment 1 hurts all of us and deserves defeat.