North Carolina Amendment 1

==Legislative approval==
[[File:State constitutional prohibitions on same-sex marriage on 22 May 2012.svg|300px|right|thumb|State constitutional prohibitions on same-sex marriage in the United States on 22 May 2012]]
Senate Bill 514 was introduced in the 2011 legislative session North Carolina.<ref name="billtext">{{cite web|title=Senate Bill 514|url=http://ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v3.pdf | format = [[Portable Document Format|PDF format]]}}</ref>  Sponsored by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] State Senator [[Peter Brunstetter]], the bill was passed by the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Assembly of North Carolina Session 2011 SB514|url=http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/voteHistory/RollCallVoteTranscript.pl?sSession=2011&sChamber=S&RCS=933| publisher = [[North Carolina General Assembly]] |access-date= September 14, 2011}}</ref>

Final voting on SB 514 was as follows:
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In the [[North Carolina House of Representatives|House]]:
*75 Aye
*42 No
*2 Not Voting
*1 Excused Absence
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In the [[North Carolina Senate|Senate]]:
*30 Aye
*16 No
*4 Excused Absences
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Ten House [[North Carolina Democratic Party|Democrats]] voted "aye": [[William Brisson]], [[James W. Crawford, Jr.]], [[Elmer Floyd]], [[Ken Goodman (politician)|Ken Goodman]], [[Charles Graham (American politician)|Charles Graham]], [[Dewey L. Hill]], [[Frank McGuirt]], [[William C. Owens, Jr.]], [[Garland E. Pierce]] and [[Timothy L. Spear]]. All House Republicans voted "aye" except for those who did not vote: [[D. Craig Horn]], [[Chuck McGrady]] and [[Glen Bradley]]. All Senate Democrats voted "no" except for those who did not vote: [[Eric L. Mansfield]] (who publicly opposed the bill but was absent due to a planned wedding anniversary trip),<ref>Pitts, Myron (September 15, 2011).  [http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011/09/15/1122865?sac=Col "Pitts: Mansfield Defends Putting His Marriage First"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120713174405/http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011/09/15/1122865?sac=Col |date=2012-07-13 }}. ''[[The Fayetteville Observer]]''. Retrieved May 9, 2012.</ref> [[Michael P. Walters]] and [[Stan White (politician)|Stan White]]. All Senate Republicans voted "aye", except for one who did not vote, [[Fletcher Hartsell]].<ref name="Bill Lookup">{{cite web|title=Senate Bill 514 / S.L. 2011-409|url=http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S514&votesToView=all| publisher = [[North Carolina General Assembly]]  |access-date= September 14, 2011}}</ref>