 Support the Marriage Protection AmendmentIn September 2011 a bipartisan majority of the N.C. General Assembly voted to place the Marriage Protection Amendment on North Carolina's primary ballot in May 2012. A vote FOR this amendment is a vote to preserve marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman. This amendment will help prevent a rogue judge from re-defining marriage in our state. Click the button below to get involved and help pass the Marriage Protection Amendment! 
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District Attorneys, Law Enforcement Officials Rebut Allegations of Domestic Violence Impact of Marriage AmendmentRALEIGH, NC – Today, a coalition of District Attorneys, legal professionals, and other law enforcement officials sharply rebutted claims that the pending constitutional amendment on marriage would strip citizens of domestic violence protections, as is being claimed in television ads being aired by amendment opponents. The officials say such allegations are utterly false. “I am concerned about the false and misleading claims that are being made by opponents of the Marriage Protection Amendment,” said Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger, Jr., Vice President of the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys. “Citizens should have no concern that the marriage amendment will impact domestic violence prosecution, because it will not.” Berger was joined at the press conference by Jeff Hunt, District Attorney from Prosecutorial District #29B (Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania Counties), Tom Keith, former District Attorney from Prosecutorial District #21 (Forsyth County), Raven Byrne, family law attorney in Wake County, and Paul Wright, former District and Superior Court Judge. Additionally, a written statement was issued by over a dozen prosecutors and law enforcement officials that said, “The protections of North Carolina’s… Read the full article… |
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