From North Carolina-A majority of North Carolinians voted Tuesday in favor of a Constitutional amendment that recognizes the marriage of a man and woman as the only valid domestic union in North Carolina, with a 61 percent to 38 percent victory with 85 of the state’s 100 counties reporting.
Locally, Orange and Durham counties voted overwhelming against Amendment One, with 78.9 percent against it in Orange County and 69.7 percent against it in Durham County. Person County voted 72.4 percent for the amendment.
The Rev. C.J. Bordeaux, senior pastor of Gorman Baptist Church in Durham, watched returns Tuesday night in Raleigh with Vote for Marriage NC, the largest pro-amendment group in the state.
Bordeaux said they’re very humble and grateful for the amendment’s passing.
“I’m proud North Carolinians stood their ground and voted their conscience,” he said. “Now the people have decided, and it’s not up to a radical judge.” Bordeaux said he heard misrepresentations from the opposing side, and said that if the amendment had not passed, a radical judge could have overturned the existing state law.
“I’m not going to gloat on it. We cast our ballot. It’s a very democratic way of going about it, and we’re proud of it,” he said.
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