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North Carolina Amendment 1 (often referred to as simply Amendment 1) is a partially overturned legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina that (until overruled in federal court) amended the Constitution of North Carolina to add ARTICLE XIV, Section 6, which prohibit the state from recognizing or performing same-sex ...
In 2012, North Carolina passed Amendment One, the last state constitutional amendment in the country to ban same-sex marriage. Tillis, at the time, was state House speaker.
HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - On the summer night Ellen Gerber and Pearl Berlin committed to spending their lives together, the No. 1 song was "When A Man Loves A Woman." Lyndon B. Johnson was president.
The secretary of state maintains offices in the Revenue Building (pictured) at 2 S Salisbury St. in Raleigh. [13] The secretary of state is a constitutional officer. [14] Article III, Section 7, of the Constitution of North Carolina stipulates the popular election of the secretary of state every four years.
My NC family is grateful to Senators Tillis and Burr for protecting same-sex marriage. | Letters to the editor
The participation system is hybrid matrimonial regime with separation of property during the marriage, along with a right of each spouse to participate in a percentage of profits from acquests (property acquired during marriage) at the time of marital dissolution. In Germany, it was introduced with the Equality Act of 1957.
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Constitutional bans on same-sex unions were advocated in response to the legalization of same-sex marriage in other jurisdictions, notably Canada and Massachusetts.. Some amendments and some proposed amendments forbade a state from recognizing even non-marital civil unions and domestic partnerships, while others explicitly allowed for same-sex unions that were not called "marriages".