Half of North Carolina marriage amendment signs stolen

Roughly half of the yard signs around North Carolina supporting a proposed constitutional marriage amendment have been stolen or damaged, according to the communications director for the group promoting the amendment.

Meanwhile, a new poll shows the amendment maintaining the 14-point lead it enjoyed one week earlier. The amendment would define marriage as being between one man and one woman.

There have been reports of vandalism on both sides. Rachel Lee, the communications director for Vote FOR Marriage NC, told Baptist Press that her office gets calls or in-person visits multiple times a day from people requesting new signs, simply because their old ones are gone or destroyed. Read more