UUFR Protects NC Families: Voting

We can't defeat the discriminatory Amendment One if you don't vote! Make sure you're registered to vote, and check to see where your local polling place is located. The vote is scheduled for May 8, 2012, but early voting begins Thursday, April 19th and runs through the middle of the day on Saturday, May 5th. Click the links below to get more information.

Wake County Voting Information
Wake County Board of Elections
Early Voting Info
Early Voting Locations
Registering to Vote/ Change of Address
What is on the Wake County Ballot? Candidates and Constitutional Amendment

Statewide Information
Actual Constitutional Amendment
Find Your Precinct # & Polling Place

The links on the NCElectionsCentral site will help you learn about registering, voting, your rights as a voter, and what you can do to educate and mobilize more people as voters.

Check Your Voter Registration

Absentee Voting

Register to Vote

UUFR Statement of Conscience -- Unanimously Approved 1/29/2012

We, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, affirm justice, equity, and compassion in human relations, and the inherent worth and dignity of all persons.

As we unanimously agreed in our 2004 congregational statement of conscience, we “affirm the basic right of same-gender couples to marry and to share fully and equally in the rights, responsibilities, and commitments of civil marriage”

In the absence of this right to marry, we resolve to oppose any law, policy, or practice that limits the recognition of same-gender couples’ relationships and families and any related rights and protections. We are especially called to oppose any attempt to enshrine such discrimination in the North Carolina Constitution.

We further resolve to that we will respect and protect same-gender couples and their families by raising awareness of the discriminatory effects of any proposed laws or constitutional amendments. We will also take specific actions to defeat such laws or constitutional amendments.