- What: Defense of Marriage Amendment (DOMA) panel discussion
- When: 6:30pm, MONDAY, March 12th
- Where: Caldwell County Main Library, 120 Hospital Ave, Lenoir, NC 28645
OPEN TO EVERYONE Caldwell County Republican Women meeting at 7:00pm at the Library (6:30pm social time). Defense of Marriage Amendment panel discussion. See their website for details ccncrw.webs.com Tami Fitzgerald will be meeting with pastors in the area earlier in the day and inviting them to this meeting.
Confirmed panelists:
- Dan Soucek – NC Senator,
- Mary Frances Forrester – from Concerned Women for America, and wife of traditional marriage champion Sen. James Forrester – sponsor of this legislation on the ballot in May,
- Tami Fitzgerald – lobbyist from VoteForMarriageNC and NCValues,
- TJ Rohr – Libertarian Lenoir City Councilman, and
- Nicole Revels – CCRW member, young person, and liberty advocate.
This NC Constitution Amendment will be on the May ballot, therefore it’s our civic duty to become informed on this details of the issue.
Caldwell TEA Party 
First, as a Christian, I do not support gay marriage. Second, as an American, I do not support government marriage. The first is self explanatory, the second needs a little explanation. Our First Amendment guarantees our freedom of religion and marriage is an institution of the church. Therefore, the government involving themselves in marriage is unconstitutional. The government’s only responsibility should be in contract law, whereby they enforce the agreements determined when the two individuals marry. Two mentally fit legal adults should be able to enter into any contract they see worthwhile. Additionally, no one as of yet has provided me with just cause for a constitutional amendment. It is already a law in our state that only traditional marriage is recognized! It is time we take Christian marriage back from the state whereby our church can determine what constitutes a marriage based on our faith, not some politicians with their own special interests. What happens when gay marriage becomes popular in the legislature like what just happened in Maryland? I bet then you would have wished you spent all this energy trying to wrestle our rights back from the state than expelling it by providing the state more authority in our lives and religion.