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Celebrities React to North Carolina’s Gay Marriage Ban

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10:30 am, May 9th, 2012

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Celebrities are taking to Twitter to comment on North Carolina’s gay marriage ban.

The majority of the state’s residents voted on Tuesday to define marriage as an act between a man and a woman.

Here are what celebrities are saying in response to the controversial constitutional amendment.

Ellen DeGeneres: “Getting married was one of the greatest things I have ever done. I hope everyone in North Carolina gets the same opportunity someday.”

Kal Penn: “Sad 2C North Carolina double-ban marriage #equality. If it was truly about the ‘sanctity of marriage’, you’d have made divorce illegal too.”

Neil Patrick Harris: “North Carolina passed Amendment One. Unbelievable.”

Tori Spelling: “Sad to hear that Amendment 1 passed in North Carolina. Love is love! Period the end! #MarriageEquality”

Jesse Tyler Ferguson: “This is an interesing fact I just learned: First cousins can marry in North Carolina. (Unless they are of the same sex, I assume).”

Mia Farrow: “Oh North Carolina – the disappointment we feel now is nothing compared to the bewilderment & shame your children will feel.”

Russell Brand: “If I ever find myself in North Carolina I shall marry a man just to feel safe.”

Zach Braff: “Well @donald_faison , I guess we can cross North Carolina off the retirement state list.”

Sophia Bush: “This is such a letdown. #DearNorthCarolina today you fell on the wrong side of history.”

Megan McCain: “Way to be a bad southern cliche North Carolina. I’m sure your grandkids will look back on this day in horror. #loveisnotamistake”

Brooklyn Decker: “Really disappointed in my home state of North Carolina this evening. One giant step backward.”

Dax Shepherd: “North Carolina, this ugly amendment has no place in your Beautiful state. It’s incongruous. Fix it young people.”

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  • http://twitter.com/jeremyacorn jeremy acorn

    I find it rather odd that the one celebrity that lives in North Carolina, that has been fighting to defeat the Amendment for months, was interviewed on CNN Tuesday and sang at the Family Equality Council Gala last night was not even quoted. Perhaps you didn’t get a quote from Clay Aiken because you are doing a longer interview with him. He is intelligent, articulate, and very knowledgeable about Amendment One.

  • Big Sean is mine.

    If people voted then it is what it is. So unfortunate.

  • Sheelly

    What’s sad is that people think this banned gay marriage. The reach extended to straight, non-married couples. Buzzfeed ran a good summary of what will happen now that this Amendment has passed. I’m straight, live in North Carolina, and in a domestic partnership with my (male) partner. Or rather, I was. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/what-could-happen-if-north-carolinas-amendment-1

  • Sheelly

    It will be tied up in the Courts for years for being unconstitutional. It strips hetero- and homosexual people rights. Of course, that wasn’t the message espoused by the religious right. And the dolts in this state listened.

  • suefromn

    I live in NC and I am soooooo embarrased and disappointed!!!! It didn’t have a chance in this state with backward thinking people like Franklin Graham (and yes he did not his Father–even though he rides on his father Billy’s honorable name–Billy Graham would NEVER behave like Franklin does–let’s just say that man will NEVER be invited to the White House to pray with our Presidents!!) taking full page ads out and church leaders preaching and scaring their congregations into voting and saying that marriages were in jeopardy, just totally distorting the truth. It is a horrible horrible thing they did–discrimination is not just about color!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Marriage is between and man and a woman – Barack Obama

  • suefromnc

    Our President also believes in Civil Unions!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_63SFUJ622FEIJ65S5YKIQG425A Sophia

    Go Ellen!!!!

  • suefromnc

    Yep! It’s just so sad that ignorance wins out in this state!!

  • Chris

    A good reason why the south (or at least this part of it) secede from the union. Idiots.

  • Jennifer

    Depriving any – ANY – group of American citizens rights and privileges guaranteed to ALL American citizens under the Constitution is unlawful. This will not stand.

  • suefromnc

    Your right Jennifer! It will be overturned and by the reaction of the student’s at my child’s high school today–I would say the younger generation is not going to have the same hang ups as the backwards generation that pushed this hate filled amendment!!

  • Mary kay

    Thank God that young people no longer listen to the prejudices of their uneducated parents. Educated in life not school. There are some older people likemyself who have no problem with same sex marriage, or domestic partnerships between heterosexual, or homosexual couples. I find religions are going back to the old days when if you didn’t live the way the religion says you would be burned at the stake..

  • Lorimf

    I think you need to look again….:-)

  • Rick

    Actually he does and released a statment today and has always been for gay marriage you look again. :)

  • Rick

    Actually the majority of young people HERE voted for the amendment. Blaming adults is stupid and bias.

  • Rick

    What you fail to realize is that HERE IN THIS STATE. by not passing the amendmen it would have stripped rigts away from traditional families also. Noone won.

  • Rick

    Key point. KIDS. Who wont be able to vote till years from now. I know countless young folk here who did rallies to HELP the amendmen Pass.

  • Rick

    North carolina is north carolina for a reason. South carolina is SOUTH carolina nC is NOT the only state who has passed this amendment. Go attack the other states also.

  • Rick

    Im so tired of everyone bringing christians and “the church” into this when i know more gay christians than anything so to say christians are agaisnt gays and lesbians is invalid. People of all backgrounda and religions voted agaisnt it. And out voted those of us who were agaisnt it.

  • Emily

    Way to go North Carolina!

  • Mary

    Agree, Way to go North Carolina!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ginger

    I like what Dax Sheppard said, he didn’t put down the residents of N.C… just told them to fix it. Maybe someday they will.

  • Anonymous

    Truly, the most appalling insinuation of this article is that we should be persuaded in our opinions and thinking by…CELEBRITIES? Yes, the true moral fiber of our country. Please, let me know what they think and I’ll most definitely vote the opposite way.

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