Charlotte Mayor: North Carolina will evolve on gay marriage; Charlotte defeated referendum

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx addresses hosting this year’s Democratic National Convention, amid protests over the state’s gay marriage vote.

Foxx says, “Well, look, the Democratic Party has already said the convention is staying in Charlotte and frankly if we had a referendum on every single issue that people disagree with, we wouldn’t have a convention anymore. Charlotte is a great place for the convention. It’s in a state that has had to reinvent itself economically over many, many years. It’s in a state that continues to be a place where we continue to make strong investments in infrastructure and those are two big issues, education and infrastructure. The president talks about that a lot. I think over time North Carolina will continue to evolve with this issue and many others.”

He adds, “I would point out that Charlotte and the county in which it sits defeated the referendum by 54 percent to 44 percent margin.”

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