News – North Carolina (3 stories, with video)

Rowan County board to vote on marriage resolution, Q-Notes Online, Matt Comer.

Rowan board votes in favor of anti-gay marriage resolution, Q-Notes Online, Matt Comer.

Charlotte Presbyterians back dropping gay-leader ban, Charlotte Observer, Tim Funk.

Rowan County board to vote on marriage resolution

The Rowan County Board of Commissioners will vote on a resolution supporting the passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the North Carolina Constitution.

The resolution will support the passage of an amendment that would ban recognition of same-sex marriages and put other relationship recognitions, such as domestic partner benefits, in jeopardy. The amendment has been introduced to the North Carolina General Assembly for the past five years.

The Rowan County Commissioners will vote on the resolution at their next meeting on Monday, Feb. 16. The resolution has been added to the Consent Agenda, which precedes the public comment section.

Mike Clawson, a North Carolina state PFLAG coordinator, says he is disappointed Commissioners have decided to add the resolution to the consent agenda rather than open it up to public discussion by including it in the regular agenda.

Rowan board votes in favor of anti-gay marriage resolution

More than 100 people turned out to the Monday, Feb. 16 evening meeting of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners as elected officials took up the issue of same-sex marriage.

In a standing-room-only board chambers, members of the board voted unanimously to approve a resolution urging the North Carolina General Assembly to pass a state constitutional amendment banning any relationship recognition for same-sex couples.

Charlotte Presbyterians back dropping gay-leader ban

In a close vote Saturday that reflected deep division, Presbyterian church leaders representing the Charlotte area officially ratified a proposal to end their denomination’s long-standing ban on gays and lesbians becoming pastors and elders.

Thanks to Daily Queer News.

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