VOTE FOR MARRIAGE NC

Dear Marriage Supporters,


I have exciting news to share with you. Just in the last two days, Boards of Commissioners in Ashe County, Avery County, Caldwell County, Columbus County, Craven County, Watauga County, and Yancey County passed resolutions endorsing the Marriage Protection Amendment. With recent polling showing that support for the Marriage Protection Amendment remains strong at 61 percent, it’s clear that we as North Carolinians stand ready to preserve marriage in our state constitution on May 8th. And with poll numbers that strong, few local politicians want to be left behind and be seen as against marriage in their local communities.

In addition, we have uncovered the opposition’s plan for our state.

Since we are the last state in the Southeastern United States to preserve marriage in our state constitution, activists from all over in the country have their eyes on us. The opposition knows that they are climbing an uphill battle because public opinion is not on their side. For this reason, the opposition is fabricating lies to distract us from the real issue at hand: preserving marriage as the union between one man and one woman. According to one of the opposition’s consultants, Celinda Lake, the distraction plan is as follows:

I mean we have been in our movement on the run on "kids" for decades. And it's time
to take it back. And we can. We can in tough terrain, in a tough state, and I think we
can change forever the terrain in which we're operating -- and that alone, I hope, will motivate people to give money to make sure that this campaign gets that message out (Read the full article here).

In case you didn’t catch it, our opponents are basing their campaign on using lies about children on the marriage issue in an attempt to “change forever the terrain” in our state. Not only is the opposition seeking to effect permanent value shifts in North Carolina, but they’re also willing to use children as the very means to keep us from preserving marriage in our state constitution as the union of one man and one woman.


The opposition has rallied activists across the country to pour funding and resources into our state in an attempt to confuse voters with their false messaging. And of course we can’t ever depend on the media to present the facts. Only with your support can we spread the truth about the Marriage Protection Amendment. Please consider giving $25, $50, $100, or more today to protect marriage from activists who want to radically change our state.

With May 8th rapidly approaching, we need you to continue standing with us as we preserve marriage in North Carolina.

Sincerely,
Rachel Lee, Communications Director
Vote FOR Marriage NC