A measure to amend the NC Constitution to ban gay marriage was defeated last year but already has been reintroduced in the 2005 legislative session, so there is a real need for visible support for the “pro-same-gender-marriage” side of this issue.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	_
2	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	13:nsubj:pass|20:nsubj:pass	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	4:mark	_
4	amend	amend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	2:acl:to	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	7:det	_
6	NC	NC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	7:compound	_
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8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	9:mark	_
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10	gay	gay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	11:amod	_
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18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	20:aux	_
19	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	20:aux:pass	_
20	reintroduced	reintroduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	13:conj:but	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	25:case	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	25:det	_
23	2005	2005	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	compound	25:compound	_
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25	session	session	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	20:obl:in	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	29:punct	_
27	so	so	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	29:advmod	_
28	there	there	PRON	EX	_	29	expl	29:expl	_
29	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	13:parataxis	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	32:det	_
31	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	32:amod	_
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33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
34	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	35:amod	_
35	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	32:nmod:for	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	45	case	45:case	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	45:det	_
38	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	43:punct	SpaceAfter=No
39	pro-same	pro-same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	compound	41:compound	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	41	punct	41:punct	SpaceAfter=No
41	gender	gender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	compound	43:compound	SpaceAfter=No
42	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	43	punct	43:punct	SpaceAfter=No
43	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	45:compound	SpaceAfter=No
44	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	43	punct	43:punct	_
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46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	48:case	_
47	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	48	det	48:det	_
48	issue	issue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	45:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	13:punct	_
