North Carolina Amendment 1

== Election spending ==
The campaigns were fueled by more than $1,000,000 in spending by the pro-amendment coalition Vote For Marriage NC and $2,000,000 in spending by the anti-amendment group Coalition to Protect North Carolina Families.<ref>Dalesio, Emery P. (May 7, 2012).  [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/north-carolina-amendment-one_n_1498342.html "North Carolina Amendment One: Proposed Gay Marriage Ban Draws National Attention"].  [[Associated Press]] (via ''[[The Huffington Post]]'').  Retrieved May 9, 2012.</ref><ref>{{dead link|date=May 2012}} Gordon, Michael (May 9, 2012).  [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509181953/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/05/08/3227863/amendment-one-nc-voters-approve.html Amendment One: N.C. Voters Approve Measure To Block Same-Sex Marriage"].  ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]''. Retrieved May 9, 2012.</ref> Big donors, making more than $10,000 contributions, were the main source of funds. The [[Human Rights Campaign]], a pro-gay rights group, gave more than $256,000 to the Coalition to Protect NC Families while the [[National Organization for Marriage]] (NOM) contributed more than $427,000 to Vote For Marriage NC.<ref>Blumenthal, Paul (May 9, 2012). [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/amendment-one-nc-donors_n_1501265.html "Amendment One N.C.: Anti-Gay Marriage Donors"]. ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. Retrieved May 9, 2012.</ref>