NC Posters: How are you voting on Amendment 1?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'll certainly vote against it, but Miles, if you're on the fence, keep in mind that this amendment could jeopardize other unmarried relationships, and turn away prospective businesses.

Nope... That argument is used as a very common talking point, but there is absolutely no evidence that it occurred in the other 32 States that passed such Amendments.

Of course lying for Homosexuality is Alinsky 101.

Uh-huh. And women are terrible at stabbing things. Keep on keeping on, CaDan.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'll probably end up voting for it just to piss everyone off because I am tired of hearing everyone complaining about it.

You are going to vote for it because it's an issue people feel strongly about?  I really hope you aren't serious.

Eh, I voted for John Kasich because Strickland's ads were over-the-top and had too much hyperbole about Kasich "getting rich on Wall Street" by selling mutual funds in Columbus. One of my best friends went to vote for Obama but changed his mind standing in line because the girl in front of him was annoying him and an Obama supporter. Irritating supporters don't always help their cause.

It's certainly not the best reason to vote on something, though, particularly ballot initiatives about specific issues.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I think it's a question of this issue specifically rather than social conservatism in general, since sociologically speaking the number of problems stemming from gay marriage in jurisdictions that have legalized it is...not thought to be great. There are probably secular systems of normative ethics that would tend towards opposition to homosexuality but other than ones that are hardline antisexual in general I'm having trouble thinking of any.