Retired evangelist Billy Graham used his power to influence the vote in North Carolina on May 8. “The Bible is clear: God’s definition of marriage is between a man and a woman,” he stated in a newspaper advertisement. “I want to urge my fellow North Carolinians to vote for the marriage amendment.”
Many other church leaders advocated for etching into the state Constitution the definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman. The two North Carolina Roman Catholic bishops issued a letter to be read during worship throughout the state on the Sunday before the vote.
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