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More on why I, as a Jew, am voting against Amendment One

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Contributor Karen Bender digs a little deeper about why her Judaism helped her vote against Amendment One in today's primary.

Topics: Politics, Election
Beliefs: Judaism
Tags: gay marriage, north carolina marriage amendment

The Siegel-Bender Family

When Robert Siegel and Karen Bender first told their teen son Jonah and tween daughter Maia the whole family would be writing about Jewish family life for WilmingtonFAVS, their first question was: “Does it pay?”
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