North Carolina voters approve a referendum to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage, CNN projects.
State law already does not permit such unions. Passage of Amendment 1 largely prevents the state's judiciary from overturning the bill by enshrining its language into the state constitution.
Thirty states previously voted in favor of constitutional amendments that seek to defend traditional definitions of marriage as a heterosexual union. Ref. CNN
North Carolina's gay community must be awfully happy about now. Other states are simply divided on this or so unsure. I wonder what will happen in the end. Isn't this in the supreme court?