NC Dem Gov. on Marriage Vote: It Makes Carolina “Look Like Mississippi”

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  • 08/21/2022

North Carolina Democrat Governor Beverly Perdue told reporters today that Tuesday's marriage amendment makes North Carolina "look like Mississippi."

61 percent of NC citizens voted in favor of traditional marriage.

Via WITN:


WRAL reported:

Passage of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman makes North Carolina "look like Mississippi," Gov. Beverly Perdue said Friday. Perdue was in Greenville as part of her tour to tout her proposed state budget for 2012-2013.

The governor was responding to a question on the amendment from a reporter from WITN-TV in Washington. "I think it's wrong for North Carolina, clearly and simply," she said. "People around the country are watching us and they're really confused, to have been such a progressive, forward-thinking, economically driven state that invested in education and that stood up for the civil rights of people, including the civil rights marches back in the '50s and '60s and '70s.

"Folks are saying, 'What in the world is going on in North Carolina?' We look like Mississippi." Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant took offense at Perdue's comment. "I am certainly disappointed by Gov. Perdue's statement regarding North Carolina's 'looking like Mississippi,'" Bryant said in a statement.

"Apparently, North Carolina's voters are much more in line with Mississippi's traditional values on marriage than those of Gov. Perdue."

Governor Bryant is right. After 61% of voters approved the marriage amendment, North Carolina looks like North Carolina. It's Governor Perdue who looks out of place.

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