WRAL News poll: NC marriage amendment has widespread support

A proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage in North Carolina as being between one man and one woman has broad support among voters statewide, according to a new WRAL News poll. Amendment One, which would effectively bar any same-sex union in the state, will appear on the May 8 primary ballot. SurveyUSA polled 1,001 likely voters across North Carolina between last Friday and T...

WRAL • Mar 24, 2012

Organizing on NC gay marriage referendum takes off

The pro-amendment campaign is in the planning stages and expected to be unveiled in a week or so, said Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the North Carolina Values Coalition. Wooden said a positive message is being planned about the pre-eminence of traditional marriage in society. The Washington-based Family Research Council also plans a statewide bus tour next spring in support of traditiona...

WRAL • Nov 28, 2011

Poll: Majority in NC oppose same-sex marriage amendment

Fifty-six percent of North Carolina residents oppose a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban same-sex marriages, according to a poll released Friday. The Elon University Poll, which surveyed 594 adults statewide between Sunday and Thursday, found support for recognizing gay marriages growing in North Carolina. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage poin...

WRAL • Oct 2, 2011

Forrester resume misleads

State Senator Jim Forrester (R-Gaston), lead proponent of the anti-same-sex-union amendment set to appear on NC ballots next spring, may have padded the resume he's been running on for many years. On both his campaign website and the Gaston County GOP website, Forrester claims to be a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. But Michael Barry, the executive director of the America...

WRAL • Sep 30, 2011