AMENDMENT ONE
What does Amendment One leave out?
One very important omission is that tens othousands o amilies will be negatively impacted,and many could be ripped apart.Children will be harmed by this amendment.Depending upon how a judge interprets thisamendment it could easily undercut existing childcustody and visitation rights that are designed toprotect the best interests o children, as well as lawsthat allow second-parent adoptions in order to ensurethat both partners have a legal tie to, and fnancialresponsibilities or, the children they are raising.Imagine a child losing one parent to disease or anaccident, and then losing the only amily they haveever known because o an amendment that is entirelyabout a political agenda. We should not play politicswith the children and amiles o the state.At the core o our ounding documents and beliesas a country—and a state—is that we should protectthe right to pursue lie, liberty, and the pursuit ohappiness as we defne it. This amendment is anattempt by the government to defne amily or us.Fortunately, we still have an opportunity to deeatAmendment One, and this attempt to defne amilythrough discrimination at the polls.
On September 13th, the NorthCarolina Legislature proposed anamendment to the Constitutionthat would ban legal recognitionor
all
unmarried couples,strip protections and beneftsrom amilies across our state,hurt our business climate andeconomic development and putour children in danger.The amendment, as written,states simply that votersshould decide or or against aconstitutional amendment “toprovide that marriage betweenone man and one woman is theonly domestic legal union thatshall be valid or recognized inthis state.”
What doesAmendment Oneleave out?
The most important tool to deeat thisamendment is you.We are launching this campaign around thetheme o
1,000,000 conversations.
Quitesimply, we believe that the only way to deeatthis amendment is or people just like you tohave conversations every single day with yourneighbors, riends, and amily.
We believe in the “Power o 10.”I you have open, honest conversations with 10 people,and they speak with 10 people, and they speak with10 people... it doesn’t take long to have 1,000,000conversations that could change hearts and minds.This toolkit is designed to help you have thoseconversations.You are the best person to make the case to yourloved ones that amilies will literally be ripped apart.You are the most likely person to convince yourparents that the government has no business trying todefne what a amily should be through discrimination.You can convince your neighbors that AmendmentOne is bad or business.Only you can do it. We believe that one person canchange minds. One person can attract ten morepeople who can recruit ten more people to voteagainst the amendment.I we can have 1,000,000 conversations then we canwin. Let’s start having those conversations today.
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1,000,000 Conversations to Defeat Amendment One
This is the 1,000,000 conversation toolkit to defeat Amendment One in North Carolina. Visit http://www.protectncfamilies.org for more.
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