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The Fitzsimon File: Monday numbers

3---number of days House Speaker Thom Tillis says special legislative
session to take up gay marriage amendment will last (Under the Dome,
Raleigh News & Observer, September 4, 2011)

150,000---amount in dollars that three-day special session will cost
the taxpayers (Legislative Services, N.C. General Assembly)

30,000---amount in dollars of annual salary for starting teachers in
North Carolina public schools (N.C. Department of Public Instruction)

5---number of teachers that could have been hired with the money will
be spent on special session

9---number of local governments in North Carolina that currently offer
same sex partner benefits that will be ended if the current version of
the anti-gay amendment is approved (Maxine Eichner, "Potential
Legal Impact of proposed Same-Sex Marriage Amendment to the North
Carolina Constitution," 2011)

50,000---number of postcards from North Carolina voters opposing
anti-gay marriage amendment that will be delivered to lawmakers Monday
morning at 10:00. (Equality North Carolina)

250---approximate number of faith and clergy leaders who have signed a statement opposing anti-gay amendment to the state constitution (Ibid)

 3---months since Republican Mark Hilton told the House Republican
Caucus that it was important to get the anti-gay amendment on the
ballot in 2012 to turn out more conservative voters to support
Republicans ("About those microphones---Today's Republican Caucus,
Greensboro News & Record, July 3, 2011")

 57---percentage of North Carolinians who support marriage or civil
unions for same-sex couples (Elon University Poll, February 2011)

 35---percentage of North Carolinians who oppose any legal recognition
for same-sex couples (Ibid)

 93---percentage of North Carolina voters who believe the General
Assembly should focus on jobs, economy and the budget (Public Policy
Polling, July 2011)

 5---percentage of North Carolina voters who believe the General
Assembly should focus on social issues like gay marriage. (Ibid)

 10.1---unemployment rate in North Carolina for July (N.C. Employment Security Commission)

 0---number of jobs that will be created by anti-gay amendment to the
state constitution

 54---number of days since House Speaker Thom Tillis said on Charlotte
radio show that anti-gay amendment to the state constitution "may
very well" hurt major North Carolina corporations like Bank of
America ("The Truth about the Marriage Amendment, Equality North
Carolina")