Although North Carolina has a constitutional ban on gay marriage, that ban is about to blow up.
Monday, the fourth circuit court of appeals heard a case out of Virginia, challenging that state’s ban on gay marriage. And in a 2 to 1 vote, the justices decided the amendment making same-sex marriage illegal was unconstitutional, that it violated the guarantee to “equal protection and due process.” The gay marriages will start in a few days.
“But that’s Virginia!” you say? True. But here in North Carolina, voters approved Amendment One by roughly 60 to 40 percent back in 2012, and the Attorney General has said in the past he would defend it in court. But that changed Monday. Roy Cooper now says he’ll no longer defend the ban, although a majority of voters support it.
So did Roy Cooper make the right call?
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