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.
... "We have distributed tens of thousands of yard signs across the state, and about half of them are now gone due to vandalism, destruction and unlawful removal," Lee estimated.
The blue rubber signs are attached to a metal frame and say: "On May 8th, Vote FOR the Marriage Amendment."
In some instances, Lee said, people vandalize the signs and then post pictures on Facebook or Twitter.
... Signs are just disappearing all over the state, while the other side's signs are remaining," Lee said. "It's difficult to say who is taking them. All we know is that they are being removed and destroyed."
There also have been instances of billboards being defaced. In one part of the state, someone climbed up a pro-amendment billboard and spray painted the word "against" on the billboard so that it read -- although crudely -- "Vote against the Marriage Amendment." The billboard had been paid for by a Beacon Baptist Church. In another part of the state, someone used spray paint to post the message "only God can judge" on a pro-amendment billboard.
In Hickory, N.C., the church marquee of Tabernacle Baptist Church and School was vandalized. The church had used its marquee to promote a "Marriage Sunday" for April 22. The sign said nothing about the marriage amendment, but someone spray painted "Hate Speech" on one side and "Love Not Hate" on the other.
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This is outrageous! I hope the good people of God recognize this for what it is, an attack by Satan on the people of America. Jesus spoke of these times when he said even the elect would be fooled. I have never, and hope to never again see, so much blasphemy as I have seen from the homosexuals. Regardless of how you feel on the issue, respect for God should always be maintained and defacing churches and destroying church property as they did in Portland by a group called "Angry Queers" is evidence that these people are the ones who are hateful and intolerant.
Yes, the true face of the marriage corruption movement has always been its hatred of Christ and Christianity.
It is a most excellent and important lesson that these fanatical haters have taught us this election.
Let us be very sure to learn it well.
GO NC!
Let's win it by 20!!!!!!
Here is a clip showing sign vandalism. Not sure which is worse, shooting the sign, or (as the truth always comes out) finding that he stole the sign and lied about it being placed in his yard, and the shooting it. Hmmm.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/teen-shoots-amendment-1-sign-youtube-video-gets-at/nNN7S/
Boo hoo. They stole our signs. Boo hoo.
Grow up babies. You are crying about some signs while you are trying to steal civil rights.
Soooooo, do the SSM-ers believe that this is going to win some of the church-goers over?
Sheesh. I have to believe that everyone in the congregation of a church who had this done to its sign would go out of their way to vote against so-called SS"M."
If the SSMers thought their ad campaign was going to win anyone over; this type of conduct will surely negate it.
This is exactly what happened in CA in 2008. Welcome to the world of intolerance of differing beliefs. Churches were vandalized, white powder sent to the Mormon Temple, people even were fired for using their right to vote on something they believed in. The names of those who supported Prop 8 were put on the internet, including mine who donated more than 200 dollars to the cause. I personally witnessed young people slashing Yes on8 signs in broad daylight! I don't even have the space here to explain the awful things that took place here before and especially after the election. And now, even though the pro gay marriage commercials promised that nothing would be taught in the schools and that it was a big lie that it would, guess what. We have more than 8 new laws requiring the indoctrination of supporting the gay lifestyle in public schools. It is only going to get worse. Check out SB48 which went into effect January. Stay strong NC. This is about so much more than "equal rights". My prayers and financial donations are with you!
My sentiments exactly posters #1 and #6. My heart and mind are with you all the way.
Always those crimes without witnesses. The moderate middle won't give you much sympathy.
I hope national organization for marriage addresses this situation in mass media. People who believe marriage should be between a man and a women are always being attackede but mass media never addresses this. However, when marriage supporters who believe marriage should be between a man and a women defend their stance when they are being attacked that is when mass media appears. I believe this is an excellent opportunity to address to mass media how marriage supporters are being attack.
Gays are not about rights they are about hatred and the destruction of Christians. It will get much worse.
Ditto, Overcame.
So, I'm going to church, see that the sign was spray-painted, and so I now oppose the marriage amendment!
...NOT
Woman arrested for unlawfully removing Vote NO on Amendment 1 signs, involves daughter as accomplice. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/11060469/
This guy is a bully who thinks that freedom of speech only applies to him. I think he has put himself on some sort of pedestal and untouchable and no one has the right to oppose his 'views'. It took a great deal of courage for those students to walk out. Good on them..
The nation is decaying and who is to blame? Those who choose to ignore the Word of God, including our leaders.