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RALEIGH, March 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of citizens rallied outside the legislature in Raleigh Tuesday to call for lawmakers to allow a vote on the state marriage amendment. Observers familiar with similar events said this was the largest crowd they had ever seen on the Halifax Mall behind the Legislative Building.

  Bills similar to the 2007 Senate version of the bill, SB13-Defense of Marriage, have been introduced each of the last three years, in both the House and Senate, but have been referred to a committee and have never come up for consideration in either body. A similar bill, HB493-Defense of Marriage, was introduced in the House Tuesday and at least 62 members of the House have signed on as co-sponsors-more than a majority in the 120-member House.

  If either bill passes both the House and Senate, it would set up a referendum for the people of North Carolina to vote on the amendment to our state constitution. The date for that referendum would be November 6, 2007, in conjunction with municipal elections.

  For more information see the North Carolina Family Policy Council
  https://www.ncfpc.org/index.html