Newt Gingrich released a video Wednesday in which he makes a personal appeal to North Carolina voters, asking them to vote for Amendment 1, a ballot measure that would constitutionally ban gay marriage.
Newt is campaigning in North Carolina and Delaware this week, and is hoping to carry the Tarheel State on May 8 when Amendment 1 will also be on the ballot. A recent poll found that six out of 10 North Carolina voters oppose the amendment, which would ban civil unions and domestic partnerships as well as marriage for same-sex couples. Newt, of course, is going after just Republican primary voters, though independents can also cast vote for a GOP candidate.
Here’s the script:
Marriage between a man and a woman is at the heart of our civilization. It’s a belief that is now under attack, yet it’s at the very core of defining who we are. That’s why I urge you to vote for the initiative right here in North Carolina. The chance to vote for a referendum to declare clearly that marriage is between a man and a woman.
This is part of the same great process this year that’s involved with President Obama, and that’s involved with the whole danger of what’s happening to our basic beliefs. There’s an effort by radicals at every level to change who we are, to change what America is and to change for our children into a future that I think will be much worse.
This is your chance to turn out and vote and vote for preserving America, and to vote for preserving a very basic institution.
Watch:
There’s a 4 and a half-minute version too.
