Gay Marriage Ban In North Carolina

The blackboard on the sidewalk outside the storied Stonewall Inn, a New York bar widely seen as the home of the US gay rights movement, said it all: "Obama supports gay marriage - let's drink."

North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, becoming the latest U.S. state to effectively slam the door shut on same-sex marriages.

The blackboard on the sidewalk outside the storied Stonewall Inn, a New York bar widely seen as the home of the US gay rights movement, said it all: "Obama supports gay marriage - let's drink."

North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, becoming the latest U.S. state to effectively slam the door shut on same-sex marriages.