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NC Lawmaker Likens Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment To Three-Fifths Compromise | Rep. Henry M. Michaux, Jr. (D) warned the North Carolina General Assembly — which is considering a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage — against writing discrimination into the state’s founding document, arguing that it will forever stain the history of the state. “The Constitution is a living document,” he said. “If you think it’s hard to get something out of a living document, you take a look at the united states Constitution, where it says that I’m three-fifth of a person — even though we’ve had amendments come along to sort of change that, it’s still says it in that Constitution. What you put into a Constitution is there permanently.” Watch it: