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Former President Bill Clinton has spoken out strongly against a proposed constitutional amendment in North Carolina that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman. Clinton released a robocall ad that will be pushed to hundreds of thousands of voters beginning Monday, saying the law will affect the state's ability to attract new businesses and will take away health care from children. He says it also could diminish the state's laws protecting women from domestic violence. The Rev. Billy Graham had earlier come out in support of the amendment.

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