North Carolina Amendment 1 Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Economics=== In addition to legal implications, there were concerns that the amendment would harm economic development and vitality. Some felt that business's employee recruitment and retention would be hurt if the most talented prospects did not feel that North Carolina was progressive or representative of their beliefs.<ref name="Biz Owners">{{cite web | url=http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2012/04/19/biz-owners-amendment-one-could-harm-business-economic-development/|title= Biz Owners: Amendment One Could Harm Business Economic Development| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120503021843/http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2012/04/19/biz-owners-amendment-one-could-harm-business-economic-development/| url-status=dead| archive-date= May 3, 2012}}</ref> Many [[Fortune 500]] companies have implemented policies protecting employees against discrimination based on sexual orientation, which would not be affected by such legislation.<ref name="Biz Owners"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page