It's losing support but still likely to pass:
Misconceptions have frustrated opponents ever since the measure was approved by the Republican-controlled general assembly last fall. PPP has consistently found that large percentages of North Carolinians are unaware of what ultimate passage of the amendment would actually mean. Many believe that it would simply outlaw same-sex marriage, unaware that it would also deny legal recognition to all civil unions and domestic partnerships. [Jeremy Kennedy, campaign manager for the Coalition to Protect NC Families,] said the campaign has emphasized that gay marriage — already illegal under North Carolina law — will be unaffected by either outcome.
Ads against the amendment, like the new spot above on domestic violence, ignore gay rights issues completely. Have we learned nothing? On a related note, Suzy Khimm reports on "why the Violence Against Women Act is a LGBT issue":
Even in New York City, [domestic violence victim] Yali gives talks to social workers who say they had "no idea that this happens in lesbian relationships as well," she says. "But it happens between two women, two men, a man and a woman…it doesn’t look a certain way."
Now some members of Congress are trying to expand the scope of the Violence Against Women’s Act — which first passed in 1994 — to include greater support for LGBT victims, immigrants, and Native American women. … But the proposed changes to VAWA have drawn fierce opposition from Republicans, who accuse of Democrats of using the issue to fire up the base in a big election year. House Republicans are pushing their own version of VAWA without the new provisions aiding LGBT, immigrant, and Native American victims of domestic abuse.
The Dish 