North Carolina's defense of marriage?!

As a divorce attorney, it is fairly humorous [in a 'what the heck'-kind of way] when certain members of our community and legislature spend so much State money, taxpayer money, on issues like whether North Carolina should have a Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage. I, for one, think it is an incredible waste of time, resources and energy that could be better used elsewhere....like helping create jobs for North Carolina citizens, gay, straight, not so gay, not so straight, whomever...

Never mind the fact that straight people have so screwed up any "sanctity" that marriage may have that our Court system is chock full of folks willing to fight over pots and pans. And I am quite sure that many, many of our Legislators have violated their prior wedding vows, are divorced, have had premarital relations and a slew of other things [like eating shellfish] which are punishable by death on either the Old or New Testaments. It is pure and simple political gamesmanship to decide to push such an issue this political season. And I also fault the prior leadership [Democrats] for not having the political and intestinal fortitude to address this issue long ago and permit same sex marriage....if marriage is a contract between two consenting adults, surely two guys can make a good a decision as an 18 year old opposite sex couple.

Instead, our Legislators came back from a vacation to "work" for three days so they could all jump on the anti-gay bandwagon and prove that they don't like gay people marrying.

Regardless of one's personal or religious beliefs about the issue, isn't it time that our Legislators worked FOR us and not AGAINST some portion of us? The only thing it proves to me is that our Legislators have nothing better to do than jump onto divisive issues because real issues might take some serious effort and thought to resolve. Yea, North Carolina....working hard to return us back to the 1800's. Good job!

In the meantime, folks who are not married either because of State-sponsored prohibitions or because they have decided that the State-imposed laws regarding marital dissolution are too cumbersome, need to seriously consider entering into a contract that determines how things are going to be, both before, during and in the event the relationship should end. There is no sense in working hard toward a partnership and having the law or your partner completely vacate those actions and decisions. Give me a call or visit our website for more information: www.mcneillawnc.com