Just two weeks after repealing and replacing its controversial and costly HB2 "bathroom bill," North Carolina lawmakers have introduced legislation that seeks to invalidate same-sex marriages in the Tar Heel state.
"Marriages, whether created by common law,
contracted, or performed outside of North Carolina, between individuals
of the same gender are not valid in North Carolina," House Bill 780 states.
The Republican-sponsored bill, titled the Uphold Historical Marriage
Act, asserts the U.S. Supreme Court "overstepped its constitutional
bounds" when it struck down North Carolina's constitutional ban on
same-sex marriage.
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