Amendment One legislation in North Carolina

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Background4

Marriage4

Global View Point5

Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)5

Homosexuality in Unite States6

Same Sex Marriage Should not be Banned8

Financial Aspect10

Social Acceptability11

A fight against Discrimination12

Conclusion14

References16

Amendment One legislation in North Carolina

Introduction

North Carolina Amendment 1 or simply Amendment 1 is the legislation, which was passed to ban same sex marriage in North Carolina. The voters of North Carolina have rejected the latest attempt by the state to pass a law allowing marriage between persons of the same sex and even have ruled that the Statute of the country should be inserted a provision that prohibits them. In North Carolina since 1988 there have been 31 attempts to pass the amendment in question through the popular vote and has never happened, the lawyers who support this cause have always lost. In addition, in the state after 140 years of democratic rule, in 2010 it was back to a Republican majority in parliament, but the Governor is Democrat Bev Perdue, whose representatives have laid the basis for the rejection of a law allowing marriage between the same sex, and have defended the first amendment of the Statute of North Carolina that says "marriage between man and woman is the only family union that is valid and recognized in this state."

North Carolina became the 29th state to enter the same sex marriage ban in its constitution, which now recognizes marriage as between a man and a woman. The state becomes the last state in the southern United States to vote for such an amendment. The law of North Carolina already bans same sex marriage, but the vote will result in the writing of this prohibition in the state constitution, making it more difficult for politicians seeking to change the law.

Background

Marriage

Marriage is commonly construed as a legal relationship between a man and a woman or between a husband and a wife to build a new family. It is called neutral because the dictionary never mentions the gender of the adults; many people in our society do not picture lesbian or gay couple when they think about a family. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines to marry as “to take a spouse or to unite in close and usually permanent relations” (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, 2003). While it is socially more accepted now than ever for same-sex couples to live together and even have children together, why are they being held back in receiving the freedom and benefits every opposite-sex couples receive? The right to be able to marry should be equal whether in same-sex couples or opposite-sex couples.

Finkelstein (2011) points out that “marriage strengthens commitment between couples and therefore brings stability into the lives of those who enter in it”. If same-sex couples are able to cohabitate together and have children while living as a united couple, why is the government keeping them from strengthening that commitment and creating stability? Marriage gives the sense of comfort to a couple. It screams to the world that these two people are in a committed relationship and ...