After N.C. voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman, Perdue told WITN in Greenville on Friday: "People are saying, 'What in the world is going on in North Carolina?' We look like Mississippi."
That irritated Mississippi's governor, Republican Phil Bryant, as well as some former Mississippi residents (read a letter from one of them on Wednesday's Opinion page).
Perdue talked with Bryant on the phone Monday, but didn't apologize, WRAL reports.
It's a fact "that Mississippi, for years, tended to be more conservative and North Carolina tended to be more progressive," Perdue said, WRAL reported.
"I thought we had a really good conversation about public policy between North Carolina and Mississippi."
Bryant, who opposes same-sex marriage, called the conversation with Perdue "disappointing" and said Perdue is mischaracterizing his state.
Meanwhile, Rob Schofield, who writes about state government for the Progressive Pulse blog, defends Perdue's comment.
"Think about it," Schofield writes. "If one of your main jobs was selling North Carolina to businesspeople from all over the nation and the world, you too would feel embarrassed by having to explain such nonsense."
What do you think? Was Perdue out of bounds to say the Amendment One vote makes North Carolina look like Mississippi?
-- Taylor Batten
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