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Originally posted by yogosans14
I live in NC!!!!!But im straight so it doesn't bother me the slighest...I don't see why gay people have to be married??Cant they just stay boyfriends or whatever
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This is not about gay marriage. It's about CIVIL UNIONS. That affects you and everyone, gay or straight.
Gay marriage was never legal and was never going to be legal with this amendment. As long as you are not married, you have basically no rights. No health insurance for your kids, no protection from domestic abuse, nothing that would be granted for marriage at all.
This is what upsets me more about this decision, than the actual decision. People on both sides don't even know what the hell they are voting for or against. People need to stop sitting on their asses and understand what is going on around them without relying on other people or slanted publications for their source of knowledge.