elimination. no. we called that. but double we did kind of call it. we know what we re talking about. first this morning, a major setback for advocates of same-sex marriage. north carolina has become the 30th state to approve an amendment defining marriage as a union between only a man and a woman. yes, the campaign spokesman for president obama is calling the new amendment divisive. abc s karen travers is in washington with more. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, sunny. this vote in north carolina comes just as gay marriage comes back to center stage in the presidential campaign. a ballot initiative in north carolina gained national attention. voters passed an amendment to the state s constitution that goes further than simply banning gay marriage which is already illegal there. the amendment means that north carolina now will not recognize any type of legal union between nonmarried couples, gay or straight.
long. he sat on his patted for too long but murdoch has majority of republicans agree and like. greta: go to gretawire.com and tell us what you think. we know who will run against scott walker. mayor tom barrett, he beat three our other candidates. mayor barrett will challenge governor walker in the recall election. governor walker and several other republicans are facing recall. they came under fire because of collective bargaining rights. it will be a rematch. two years ago mayor barrett lost by 5 percentage points for the governor s job. in north carolina, voters approving a constitutional amendment. it makes north carolina the 30th state to have a ban on gay
welcome back to fox and friends first. let s get right to it. we begin with a fox alert for you. richard lugar losing to tea party challenger richard mourdock. he won support by casting lugar as president obama s favorite republican. mourdock will be on fox and friends today at 7:00 a.m. scott walker now knows who he will face off against in his recall election next month. they know each other well to become governor in 2010. voters approved a constitutional amendment banling gay marriage. it is the 30th state in the country to adopt a ban. first republicans now house democrats calling for congress charges to get attorney general eric holder. he moves ahead with the subpoena last month after holder hands
and for extorsion. judd, who is currently serving out a 17 1/2 year sentence has ron for mayor in albuquerque and governor of new mexico. they say the vote represents a remarkable rebuke to president obama in that state. mitt romney, meanwhile, is facing new criticism from democrats over his position on the auto bailout. this follows comments made by the man himself during a campaign stot in cleveland. my own view was that the auto companies needed to go through bankruptcy before government help and frankly that s finally what the president did. he finally took them through bankruptcy. that was the right course. i argued for it from the very beginning. it was the uaw and the president that delayed the idea of bankruptcy. i pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy and finally when that was done and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. so i ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry has come back. there he is saying he ll take a lot of credit for the in
over senator john mccain won in 2008 and needs this time around. despite last night s vote, new national polling suggested growing acceptance of same-sex marriage nationally. the latest gallup poll says same sex couples should be allowed to wed, that s 50%. 48% say they oppose same-sex marriage. that s down 20 points from the mid 90s. advocates still face an uphill battle. guy marriage opponents are 0-31 on voter referendum. the obama re-election team may want to cross off west virginia. federal prison inmates keith judd won 41% of the vote last night. he received more votes than the president in at least ten of the state s 55 counties. the 53-year-old felon is serving time in texas for mailing in threats to a state university