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Raleigh City Council Voices Opposition To Marriage Inequality Amendment | The Raleigh City Council has passed a resolution opposing the proposed amendment to the North Carolina constitution that would ban recognition of all same-sex couples, including marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships. The vote was 6-2 with newly sworn-in Mayor Nancy McFarlane voting with the majority. With this vote, Raleigh becomes the first municipality to oppose the amendment since the legislature passed it in September, though Chapel Hill and Carrboro passed similar resolutions earlier this year.