iOS app Android app More  Jacob Tobia   Following a Legacy:
Walking 85 Miles in Protest of Amendment 1  Posted: 05/05/2012
2:10 pm  Over the past two weeks my knees have been getting a
little sore, because with every step I take they bump up against
a sandwich board that I've been wearing since early voting
started. My sandwich board says, "I know you're super busy, but
it's kind of my civil rights. Vote AGAINST Amendment One," and
I've been wearing it around Duke University, encouraging my
fellow students to vote against Amendment 1. If you haven't
heard by now, Amendment 1 is a proposed amendment to the North
Carolina constitution that would strip any legal recognition
from all unmarried couples -- straight or gay -- potentially
taking away the family rights of over 200,000 North Carolinians.
As a 20-year-old gay North Carolinian who's been an activist
since the age of 16, this isn't something that I could tolerate
in my home state. So far, I've been doing my part to fight
Amendment 1 by mobilizing student