Your Family Is At Risk

     We all love our families. You never think that anyone would harm a relatives despitefully to make an point. I feel that Amendment One is used just for this purpose along with others.

     Amendment One is a law that were based off out three bills that were filed by the NC Senate and House. The bills are SB 106, SB 514 and HB 777. The base of the bills were against same sex marriages. Here are the facts! The Amendment One will show on the ballot "Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state" on May 8th. Personally, I feel they use the same sex marriage as a decoy to get the people to vote for this bill/law. As I received a fact sheet on this Amendment, children, seniors, and parents are going to be affected the most if this is passed. 

Here are the reasons to not vote for Amendment One.

Strips legal protections from children.

A child of an unmarried parent could lose their health care and prescription drug coverage, putting the child’s heath at risk.

A child could be taken away from a committed parent who has loved them their entire life if something happens to the other parent.

It threatens existing child custody and visitation rights that are designed to protect the best interests of a child.

Could take away domestic violence protections for all unmarried women.

 The amendment is a dangerous step backward for domestic violence and stalking protection.
Domestic violence protections could only apply to married couples.

In Ohio, where a similar amendment passed, this loophole has allowed convictions to be overturned.

This amendment has the power to leave open for question how North Carolina’s domestic violence laws are applied—threatening our state’s victims of domestic violence.

“This [post-amendment] period of uneven application and uncertainty will only mean fewer protections for the already vulnerable as well as an enormous waste of state resources.”

– Professors Maxine Eichner, Barbara Fedders & Holning Lau, UNC School of Law




Seniors shouldn’t have to choose between legal protections and the pensions they need to live.

A single or widowed senior couple could be forced to marry to keep their legal protections, which would cause them to lose benefits such as pensions, health care, and social security.

    Now, that I have given you the information on this topic. I hope you have made your decision. Please vote Tuesday, May 8, 2012, protect your family for they are at risk.

References:
www.protectncfamilies.org

www.democraticunderground.com/11377171
 
www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/North_Carolina_Same-Sex_Marriage,_Amendment_1_(May_2012) 

www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S106v0.html

www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S514v3.html

 www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H777v0.pdf